A phytotron for plants stress research: How far can artificial lighting compare to natural sunlight?

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 456-463

  Thiel, Stephan ^a   Döhring, Thorsten ^a   Köfferlein, Matthias ^a   Kosak, Andre ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Seidlitz, Harald K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial plant lighting; diurnal variation; growth chambers; phytotron; spectral quality of radiation; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0029846710     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80279-3     Document Type: Article

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