Irradiance levels affect growth parameters and carotenoid pigments in kale and spinach grown in a controlled environment

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 624-631

  Lefsrud, Mark G ^a   Kopsell, Dean A ^a   Kopsell, David E ^b   Curran Celentano, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NUTRITION; PIGMENTS; TISSUE;

CAROTENE; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC STRUCTURES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33746005963     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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