Effect of plant growth regulators on the tuberisation and physiological age of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers grown from true potato seed

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1217-1225

  Alexopouios, Alexios A ^a   Akoumianakis, Konstantinos A ^a   Passam, Harold C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlormequat chloride; Daminozide; Dormancy; Gibberellin; Tuberisation

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; POTATO; SEED; SEED DORMANCY; TRANSPLANTATION; TUBER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 34248378165     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/p05-227     Document Type: Article

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