Changing sink demand affects the area but not the specific activity of assimilate sources in cantaloupe (cucumis mélo l.)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 711-719

  Valantin, Muriel ^a   Gary, Christian ^b   Vaissiere, Bernard E ^a   Tchamitchian, Marc ^b   Bruneli, Beatrice ^a  

^a Inra   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy photosynthesis; Cucumis m lo L; Fruit load; Leaf area; Leaf photosynthesis; SLA; Source strength; Source sink interactions

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0032413035     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0739     Document Type: Article

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