Effect of a red to far red light filtering plastic film on growth of gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 711, Issue , 2006, Pages 399-404

  Lykas, Ch ^a   Petsani, D ^a   Kittas, C ^a   Papafotiou, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coloured films; Compact plants; Cover material; Ornamentals; Photoselective cover films; Selective cover films

Indexed keywords

GARDENIA; GARDENIA ANGUSTA;

EID: 33749244277     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.711.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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