Responses of broccoli seedlings to light quality during low-temperature storage in vitro: II. Sugar content and photosynthetic efficiency

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1258-1261

  Wilson, Sandra B ^a   Iwabuchi, Keiko ^a,b   Rajapakse, Nihal C ^a   Young, Roy E ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Postharvest physiology; Spectral quality

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 0032429778     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.7.1258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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