Environmental factors involved in colouration of flowers of Kangaroo Paw

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-48

  Ben Tal, Y ^a,b   King, R W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anigozanthos spp.; Flower pigmentation; Irradiance; Kangaroo Paw; Temperature; Ultraviolet light; UV B

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031560389     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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