Photocontrol of flowering and extension growth in the long-day plant pansy

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-485

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Far red; Night interruption; Photoperiod; Phytochrome; Spectral filters; Viola xwittrockiana

Indexed keywords

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM); VIOLA WITTROCKIANA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0037532672     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.128.4.0479     Document Type: Article

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