Use of UV radiation for control of height and conditioning of tomato transplants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-34

  Corso, Giuseppe Del ^a   Lercari, Bartolomeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lycopersicon esculentum; Photoregulation; Plant hardening; Plug production

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0344157434     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00083-6     Document Type: Article

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