Germination of small-seeded tropical rain forest plants exposed to different spectral compositions

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 516-520

  Metcalfe, D J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Germination; Red far red ratio; Shade tolerance; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

FICUS; GYNOTROCHES AXILLARIS; MELASTOMA; PELLACALYX SACCARDIANUS; PTERNANDRA; UROPHYLLUM;

EID: 0029752837     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-065     Document Type: Article

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