Heat tolerance in leaves of tropical fruit crops as measured by chlorophyll fluorescence

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Yamada, Masahiko ^a   Hidaka, Tetsushi ^a   Fukamachi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Heat tolerance; Photosynthesis; Tropical fruit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030292703     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(96)00931-4     Document Type: Article

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