Potential use of a 24-hour photoperiod (continuous light) with alternating air temperature for production of tomato plug transplants in a closed system

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 374-377

  Ohyama, Katsumi ^a,c   Manabe, Koji ^a   Omura, Yoshitaka ^a   Kozai, Toyoki ^a   Kubota, Chieri ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric energy; Floral development; Lycopersicon esculentum; Physiological disorders; Use efficiency

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; LEAF AREA; OPERATIONAL COSTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX (PPF);

FRUITS;

CLOSED SYSTEMS; COSTS; GROWTH; PHOTOPERIODISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 14244256173     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.2.374     Document Type: Article

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