Enhancement of growth and development of tomato seedlings by extending the light period each day

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 370-373

  Toida, Hiromi ^a   Ohyama, Katsumi ^a,b   Omura, Yoshitaka ^a   Kozai, Toyoki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Artificial lighting; Electrical energy consumption; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nonperiodic alternation; Photomorphogenesis; Photoperiodism; Phytochrome

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; DARK PERIODS; NONPERIODIC ALTERNATION; PLANT GROWTH;

SEED;

ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ILLUMINATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SEEDS; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 14244268470     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.2.370     Document Type: Article

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