Continuous light may induce photosynthetic downregulation in onion - Consequences for growth and biomass partitioning

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-246

  Van Gestel, Natasja C ^a   Nesbit, April D ^b   Gordon, Elizabeth P ^a   Green, Cary ^a   Paré, Paul W ^a   Thompson, Leslie ^a   Peffley, Ellen B ^a   Tissue, David T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT INTENSITY; ONIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC DOWNREGULATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM FISTULOSUM;

EID: 25144445757     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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