Plants grow better if seeds see green

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 334-337

  Sommer, Andrei P ^a   Franke, Ralf Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; PLANT; SEED;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARROT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; LASER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; RADISH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BIOMASS; BRASSICACEAE; DAUCUS CAROTA; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; PLANTS; RAPHANUS; SEEDS;

DAUCUS CAROTA; MAMMALIA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 33745456533     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0108-z     Document Type: Article

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