Moving lamps increase leaf photosynthetic capacity but not the growth of potted gerbera

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 380-385

  Zheng, Youbin ^a   Blom, Theo ^a   Dixon, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO2 response curve; Gerbera jamesonii; Intercellular CO2 concentration; Light response curve; Light use efficiency; PAR; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

GERBERA; GERBERA JAMESONII;

EID: 32044437417     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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