Interactive effects of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), irradiance, and ferulic acid in axenic, hydroponic culture

Plant and Soil

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-126

  Caspersen, Siri ^a   Sundin, Peter ^a   Munro, Mark ^b   Aoalsteinsson, Sveinn ^a,c   Hooker, John E ^d   Jensén, Paul ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Icelandic Horticultural College   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axenic; Closed hydroponic culture; Irradiance; Lactuca sativa L.; Phenolic acids; Root morphology

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0032824565     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004682018888     Document Type: Article

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