Optimizing environmental conditions for mass application of mechano-dwarfing stimuli to Arabidopsis

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-343

  Montgomery, Jill A ^a   Bressan, Ray A ^a   Mitchell, Cary A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brushing; Daylength; Hypocotyl; Impedance; Mechanical stress; Photomorphogenesis; PPF; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 1942518779     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.3.0339     Document Type: Article

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