Equilibrium and balanced growth of a vegetative crop

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-139

  Seginer, Ido ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balanced growth; Crop composition; Equilibrium growth; Lactuca sativa L.; Lettuce; N stress; NICOLET; Relative growth rate; Vegetative crop

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; NITRATE;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; LETTUCE; MATHEMATICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; KINETICS; LETTUCE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 2142718194     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch021     Document Type: Article

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