Effect of light quality on growth and vegetable quality in leaf lettuce, spinach and komatsuna

Environmental Control in Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-198

  Ohashi Kaneko, Keiko ^a   Tarase, Masahide ^a   Noya, K O N ^a   Fujiwara, Kazuhiro ^a   Kurata, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; L ascorbic acid; Light quality; Nitrate; Oxalic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349098884     PISSN: 1880554X     EISSN: 18830986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2525/ecb.45.189     Document Type: Article

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