Acceleration of growth in spinach by short-term exposure to red and blue light at the beginning and at the end of the daily dark period

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 580, Issue , 2002, Pages 145-150

  Hanyu, H ^a   Shoji, K ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; Light quality; Lighting period; Spinacia olerasea; Supplemental lighting

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644457885     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.580.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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