Morphology and postharvest performance of Geogenanthus undatus C. Koch & Linden 'Inca' after application of ancymidol or flurprimidol

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 544-549

  Burton, Amy L ^a   Pennisi, Svoboda V ^b   Van Iersel, Marc W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliage plants; Irradiance; Photosynthetic photon flux; Plant growth regulator

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

FOLIAGE PLANTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX; PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH; GROWTH REGULATORS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

GEOGENANTHUS;

EID: 34248592111     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.3.544     Document Type: Article

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