Photosynthetic light response and epidermal characteristics of sun and shade pecan leaves

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Lombardini, Leonardo ^a   Restrepo Diaz, Hermann ^a,b   Volder, Astrid ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Carya illinoinensis; Photosynthetic photon flux; Stomatal density

Indexed keywords

CARYA ILLINOINENSIS;

EID: 69549091809     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.134.3.372     Document Type: Article

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