Effects of supplemental night lighting and NO3- exclusion on the growth and NO3- concentration in the leaf sap of greenhouse-grown spinach under NFT

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-151

  Fukuda, Naoya ^b   Miyagi, Makoto ^b   Suzuki, Yoji ^a   Ikeda, Hideo ^b   Takayanagi, Kenji ^b  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nitrate concentration; Nitrate exclusion; NRA; Spinach; Supplemental night lighting

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; NIGHT; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SPINACH;

EID: 0032967548     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.68.146     Document Type: Article

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