High UV-B exposures in the continental USA: Towards realistic short-term exposure regimes for plant-effects research

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1038-1046

  Grant, Richard H ^a   Slusser, James R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; PLANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27544451211     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-07-08-RA-227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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