Effects of root restriction on the growth and physiology of cucumber plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 434-441

  Kharkina, T G ^a   Ottosen, C O ^b   Rosenqvist, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RESPIRATION; FRUITING; GROWTH RATE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; ROOTING;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032903782     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.105307.x     Document Type: Article

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