Effects of boron deficiency on geranium grown under different nonphotoinhibitory light levels

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-193

  Mishra, Sasmita ^a   Heckathorn, Scott ^a   Frantz, Jonathan ^a   Yu, Futong ^a   Gray, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Micronutrient; Pelargonium xhortorum; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM;

EID: 66949132131     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.134.2.183     Document Type: Article

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