Influence of nitrogen deficiency on photosynthesis and chloroplast ultrastructure of pepper plants

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-64

  Doncheva, Snejana ^a   Vassileva, V ^a   Ignatov, G ^a   Pandev, S ^a   Dris, Ramdane ^b   Niskanen, Raina ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b Department of Applied Biology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; CO2 assimilation; Leaf area; Nitrogen deficiency; Photosynthetic pigments; Plastoglobules; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041081193     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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