Light effects on wax begonia: Photosynthesis, growth respiration, maintenance respiration, and carbon use efficiency

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 416-424

  Nemali, Krishna S ^a   Van Iersel, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Begonia semperflorens; Daily light integral; Growth rate; Light compensation point; Photosynthetic photon flux

Indexed keywords

BEGONIA; BEGONIA CUCULLATA; BEGONIA SEMPERFLORENS;

EID: 1942486732     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.3.0416     Document Type: Article

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