Plant growth is stimulated by tea-seed extract: A new natural growth regulator?

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1848-1853

  Andresen, Marianne ^a   Cedergreen, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Camellia sp.; Growth stimulation; Hormesis; Plant extract; Strawberry; Tea seed; Yield increase

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA; CAMELLIA; EARTHWORMS (SP.); ELAGATIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HORDEUM; LEMNA;

EID: 78650097129     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.12.1848     Document Type: Article

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