The effects of end-of-the-day red and far-red light on growth and flowering of Petunia xhybrida 'Countdown Burgundy' grown under photoselective films

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-133

  Ilias, Ilias F ^a,b   Rajapakse, Nihal ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bedding plants; Light quality; Plant growth regulation

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); REDUCTION;

END-OF-THE-DAY (EOI); FAR RED (FR) LIGHT; GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENT; STEM ELONGATION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

FARM CROPS; FLOWERS; GROWTH; LIGHT; PLANTS; REDUCTION;

PETUNIA; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 13144250230     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.1.131     Document Type: Article

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