Effects of blue light on the vertical colonization of space by white clover and their consequences for dry matter distribution

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 665-671

  Gautier, Hélène ^a   Varlet Grancher, Claude ^a   Baudry, Nathalie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Blue light; Growth habit; Leaf area; Light quality; Photomorphogenesis; Trifolium repens L.; White clover

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; DRY MATTER DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; WHITE CLOVER;

FABACEAE; LAMIINAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030694402     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0504     Document Type: Article

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