The effect of irradiance level on cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.): II. Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  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

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Cocoa; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic pigments; Trinidad selected hybrids (TSH)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347330814     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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