UV supplementation for growth regulation and disease control

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 711, Issue , 2006, Pages 333-338

  Wargent, J J ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Paul, N D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop quality; Downy mildew; Plant biomass; Spectral modification; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BREMIA LACTUCAE; LACTUCA; PERONOSPORA FARINOSA;

EID: 33749251270     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2006.711.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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