'Surround' particle film applications - Effects on whole canopy physiology of apple

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 636, Issue , 2004, Pages 565-571

  Wunsche J N ^a   Lombardini, L ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Light properties of leaves; Malus x domestica; Photosynthesis; Sunburn incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644460748     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.636.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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