Field evaluation of the relationship between chlorophyll content in basil leaves and a portable chlorophyll meter (spad-502) readings

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-438

  Ruiz Espinoza, Francisco H ^a   Murillo Amador, Bernardo ^b   Garcia Hernandez, Jose Luis ^b   Fenech Larios, Liborio ^a   Rueda Puente, Edgar Omar ^c   Troyo Dieguez, Enrique ^b   Kaya, Cengiz ^d   Beltran Morales, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^d HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Linear regression; Ocimum basilicum; Photosynthesis; SPAD 502

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 73649106519     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160903470463     Document Type: Article

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