The effect of irradiance level on cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.): I. Growth and leaf adaptations

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Galyuon, I K A ^a   McDavid, C R ^a   Lopez, F B ^a   Spence, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Growth; Irradiance; Leaf adaptations; Trinidad selected hybrids (TSH)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242483706     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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