Comparison of horizontal spread of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) Grown under two artificial light sources differing in their content of blue light

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

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

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Blue light; Branching; Horizontal spread; Morphogenesis; Phyllochron; Plant development; Plant morphology; Stolon growth; Trifolium repens L.; White clover

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE;

TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0031878408     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0643     Document Type: Article

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