Seasonal variation in photosynthesis and productivity of young tea

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-85

  Ghosh Hajra, N ^a   Kumar, R ^a  

^a Darjeeling Tea Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONALITY;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0033005983     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447979900109X     Document Type: Article

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