Growth and flowering of petunia and impatiens: Effects of competition and reduced water content within a container

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1302-1307

  Blanusa, Tijana ^a   Vysini, Eleni ^b   Cameron, Ross W F ^b  

^a ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedding plants; Bud abortion; Efficiency of flowering; Regulated deficit irrigation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

IMPATIENS; PETUNIA;

EID: 70350005012     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.5.1302     Document Type: Article

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