Carbon status of CO2-enriched tomato plants under commercial greenhouse conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 633, Issue , 2004, Pages 279-286

  Edwards, D R ^a   Jolliffe, P A ^a   Ehret, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Leaf starch; Lycopersicon esculentum; Specific leaf weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049195867     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.633.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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