Coloured hailnets alter light transmission, spectra and phytochrome, as well as vegetative growth, leaf chlorophyll and photosynthesis and reduce flower induction of apple

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Solomakhin, Alexey ^a   Blanke, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flower induction; Gibberellin; Growth; Hailnet; Light; Photosynthesis; Phytochrome; Resource conservation; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 54949157320     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-008-9302-7     Document Type: Article

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