Adverse effects of ambient ozone on watermelon yield and physiology at a rural site in Eastern Spain

New Phytologist

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-260

  Gimeno, Benjamin S ^a   Bermejo, Victoria ^a   Reinert, Richard A ^b   Zheng, Youbin ^c   Barnes, Jeremy D ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C isotope discrimination; Citrullus lanatus (watermelon); Fruit quality; Leaf gas exchange; Mediterranean; Ozone; Rubisco; Yield

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; OZONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; YIELD RESPONSE;

SPAIN;

CITRULLUS LANATUS;

EID: 0032804065     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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