Measurement of Net Photosynthetic and Transpiration Rates of Spinach and Maize Plants Under Hypobaric Condition

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Goto, Eiji ^a   Ohta, Hiroki ^a   Iwabuchi, Keiko ^a   Takakura, TadaShi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maize; Photosynthetic rate; Reduced air pressure; Spinach; Transpiration rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 30044451802     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.52.117     Document Type: Article

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