Influence of fruit load on dry matter and N-distribution in sweet pepper plants

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Gonzalez Real M M ^a   Baille, A ^a   Liu, H Q ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fruit sink strength; Functional equilibrium; Leaf nitrogen content; Organs dry mass fraction; Organs nitrogen fraction; Plant nitrogen partitioning

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 48949114932     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.05.026     Document Type: Review

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