Photoperiodic response and vase life of ornamental sunflower cultivars

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-390

  Yañez, Paola ^a   Ohno, Hajime ^a   Ohkawa, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daylength; Helianthus annuus; Photoperiod; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944416422     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.2.0386     Document Type: Article

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