The microclimate under coloured hailnets affects leaf and fruit temperature, leaf anatomy, vegetative and reproductive growth as well as fruit colouration in apple

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-136

  Solomakhin, A ^a   Blanke, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b IV Michurin Federal Scientific Centre   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate change; Irradiance; Leaf anatomy; Leaf temperature; Palisade parenchyma; Phytochrome; Shade leaf; Source:sink relationship; Sustainability; Transpirational cooling; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; COOLING; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; HAIL; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

BONN; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 72149131464     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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