Net photosynthesis, foliar dark respiration and dry matter production in Cleome gynandra, a C4 diaheliotropic plant grown under low and full daylight

Photosynthetica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-254

  Rajendrudu, G ^a   Mallikarjuna, G ^a   Roosevelt Babu, V ^a   Prasada Rao, A ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Heat load; Leaf movements; Leaf relative water content; Solar leaf deviation angle; Solar tracking; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CLEOME GYNANDRA;

EID: 0030042335     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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