Photosynthetic characteristics of avocado leaves

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 575, Issue , 2002, Pages 865-874

  Liu, Xuan ^a   Mickelbart, Michael V ^b   Robinson, Paul W ^a   Hofshi, Reuben ^a   Arpaia, Mary Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Leaf development; Leaf senescence; Persea americana (Mill.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249101974     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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