Photosynthetic photon flux density, carbon dioxide concentration, and vapor pressure deficit effects on photosynthesis in cacao seedlings

Photosynthetica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-221

  Baligar, V C ^a   Bunce, J A ^b   Machado, R C R ^c   Elson, M K ^a  

^a ARS Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory United States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^b USD ARS Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory   (United States)

^c Mars Center for Cacao Science   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leaf internal CO2 concentration; Net photosynthesis; Stomatal conductance; Theobroma cacao; Transpiration rate

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 44649197780     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-008-0035-7     Document Type: Article

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