Effects of water deficit and selenium on common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) plants

Photosynthetica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-476

  Tadina, N ^a   Germ, M ^b   Kreft, I ^a   Breznik, B ^a   Gaberscik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Photochemical efficiency; Photosystem 2; Root; Seed number and yield; Shoot; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34547758534     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-007-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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