Effects of light intensity and temperature on growth, flowering, and single-leaf CO2 assimilation in Odontioda orchid

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 330-336

  Kubota, Satoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Junko ^a   Takazawa, Yoko ^a   Sakasai, Hajime ^b   Watanabe, Kazuo ^b   Yoneda, Kazuo ^a   Matsui, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nichirei Corporation   (Japan)

^c Keisen Jogakuen Junior and Senior High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Starch; Sugar; Sympodial orchid; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ODONTIODA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 23744457422     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.74.330     Document Type: Article

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