Stem extension and subsequent flowering of seedlings grown under a film creating a far-red deficient environment

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 257-265

  Runkle, Erik S ^a   Heins, Royal D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum majus; Impatiens walleriana; Petunia x hybrida; Solanum lycopersicon; Spectral filters; Viola x wittrockiana

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE;

FAR RED LIGHT; FILTER; FLOWERING; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS WALLERIANA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA; SOLANUM; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM); VIOLA WITTROCKIANA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0037032758     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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