A comparison of growth and photosynthetic characteristics of lettuce grown under red and blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with and without supplemental green LEDs

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 659, Issue , 2004, Pages 467-475

  Kim, Hyeon Hye ^a   Wheeler, Raymond M ^a   Sager, John C ^a   Goins, Gregory D ^b  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 response curves; Controlled environments; Electric light source; Lactuca sativa; Light quality; Light response curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749240670     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.659.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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