Susceptibility of CAM Dendrobium leaves and flowers to high light and high temperature under natural tropical conditions

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 255-264

  He, J ^a   Khoo, G H ^b   Hew, C S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dendrobium; Flowers; High temperature; Leaves; Photoinhibition; Tropical orchids

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTODAMAGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

DENDROBIUM;

EID: 0032438123     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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