Effect of ambient humidity on physiological activities and fruit yield and quality of greenhouse tomato

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 761, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-92

  Xu, Hui Lian ^a   Iraqi, Driss ^b   Gosselin, André ^b  

^a International Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Greenhouse tomato; Humidity; Photosynthesis; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 61449147305     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.761.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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