Control of plant growth by covering materials for greenhouses which alter the spectral distribution of transmitted light

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 435, Issue , 1997, Pages 123-130

  Murakami, Katsusuke ^a   Cui, Haixin ^a   Kiyota, Makoto ^a   Aiga, Ichiro ^a   Yamane, Takeshi ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b MITSUI CHEMICALS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Fruit harvesting; Lycopersicon esculentum; Red far red; Stem elongation

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0345221798     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.435.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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