Exploring the limits of crop productivity: Beyond the limits of tipburn in lettuce

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-338

  Frantz, Jonathan M ^a,c   Ritchie, Glen ^a,d   Cometti, Nilton N ^b,e   Robinson, Justin ^a   Bugbee, Bruce ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto de Agronomia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Esc Agrotecnica Fed de Colatina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ca deficiency; Carbon use efficiency; Crop optimization; Determinants of growth; Quantum yield; Radiation capture

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA;

EID: 1942518792     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.3.0331     Document Type: Article

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