Relationship between understory light and growth of forest-grown american ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.)

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 425-432

  Fournier, Anick R ^a   Gosselin, André ^a   Proctor, John T A ^b   Gauthier, Louis ^c   Khanizadeh, Shahrokh ^d   Dorais, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Les Fraises de L'Ile D'Orléans Inc   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American ginseng; Hemispherical photography; Light quality; Panax quinquefolius; Sunfleck durations

Indexed keywords

PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 1942454238     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.3.0425     Document Type: Article

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