Deferring flowering of greenhouse-grown Phalaenopsis orchids by alternating dark and light

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-60

  Wang, Yin Tung ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark treatment; Floriculture; Potted flowering plants

Indexed keywords

PHALAENOPSIS;

EID: 0031984547     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.1.56     Document Type: Article

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