Low-temperature storage of micropropagated plantlets under selected light environments

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-452

  Kubota, Chieri ^a,b   Rajapakse, Nihal C ^a   Young, Roy E ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 concentration; environment control; growth measurements; growth suppression; light intensity; light quality

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; HOSTA; HOSTA TOKUDAMA;

EID: 0029745020     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.3.449     Document Type: Article

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