Growing greenhouse tomato and sweet pepper under supplemental lighting: Optimal photoperiod, negative effects of long photoperiod and their causes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 580, Issue , 2002, Pages 83-88

  Demers, D A ^a   Gosselin, A ^b  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Carbon metabolism; Chlorosis; Light quality; Lycopersicon esculentum; Pigment

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149099917     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.580.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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