Interactive effects of nitrogen and irradiance on growth and partitioning of dry mass and nitrogen in young tomato plants

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1319-1328

  De Groot, Corine C ^a,b   Marcelis, Leo F M ^a   Van den Boogaard, Riki ^a   Lambers, Hans ^b,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf area ratio; Net assimilation rate; Nitrogen partitioning; Starch accumulation

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; NITROGEN; PHOTONS; STARCH;

ASSIMILATION RATES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; IRRADIANCE; NITROGEN;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0036447006     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP02087     Document Type: Article

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