Assessments of CO2 assimilation on a per-leaf-area basis are related to total leaf area

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-238

  Righetti, Timothy L ^a   Vasconcelos, Carmo ^a   Sandrock, David R ^a   Ortega Farias, Samuel ^b   Moreno, Yerko ^b   Meza, Francisco J ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Developmental stage; Intercept corrections; Leaf age; Leaf area; Ratio based efficiency; Regression models; Slope based efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047211458     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.2.230     Document Type: Article

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