Potential photosynthetic advantages of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings grown under fluorescent lamps with high Red: Far-Red light

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-558

  Shibuya, Toshio ^a   Endo, Ryosuke ^a   Kitamura, Yuki ^a   Kitaya, Yoshiaki ^a   Hayashi, Nobuaki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron transfer rate; Gross photosynthetic rate; Light response curve; Quantum yield of PSII ( psii); Transplant production

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 77952069231     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.4.553     Document Type: Article

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