Foraging for light: Photosensory ecology and agricultural implications

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 820-825

  Ballare C L ^a   Scopel, A L ^a   Sanchez R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Even aged stands; Phenotypic plasticity; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome; Plant competition, size inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030910845     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-112.x     Document Type: Article

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