Photoperiod, light quality, and irradiance effects on flowering in the alpine and prairie ecotypes of Stellaria longipes

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 538-544

  Kurepin, Leonid V ^a   Walton, Linda J ^a   Reid, David M ^a   Chinnappa, C C ^a   Pharis, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flowering; Light irradiance; Light quality; Phenotypic plasticity; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTICITY; RADIATION;

ECOTYPES; FLOWERING; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIODS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECOTYPE; FLOWERING; HERB; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT QUALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRAIRIE;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; STELLARIA; STELLARIA LONGIPES;

EID: 34948891692     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-047     Document Type: Article

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