Development and growth of two Lesquerella species grown under different temperatures during the reproductive period

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 400-403

  Alvarez Prado, A F ^a   Ploschuk, E L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Lesquerella fendleri; Lesquerella mendocina; New crops; Phenology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; LESQUERELLA FENDLERI; LESQUERELLA MENDOCINA; PHENOLOGY;

CROPS;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FATTY ACID; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HERB; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PHYSARIA (ANGIOSPERM); PHYSARIA FENDLERI;

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ORGANIC ACID; PLANT; YIELD;

EID: 40749141578     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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