Photosynthetic characteristics of apple spur leaves after summer pruning to improve exposure to light

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 969-972

  Li, Kuo Tan ^a   Lakso, Alan N ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy light interception; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Malus xdomestica; Photosynthesis; Specific leaf weight

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PRUNING; SPECIFIC LEAF WEIGHT (SLW);

HARVESTING;

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0347776020     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.5.969     Document Type: Article

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