Prohexadione-calcium affects growth and flowering of petunia and impatiens grown under photoselective films

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 190-202

  Ilias, Ilias F ^a   Rajapakse, Nihal ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bedding plants; Plant growth regulation; Spectral filters

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GROWTH; GROWTH REGULATOR; HORTICULTURE;

IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS WALLERANA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 22144454991     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2005.02.023     Document Type: Article

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