Individual fitness versus whole-crop photosynthesis: Solar tracking tradeoffs in alfalfa

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 466-472

  Denison, R Ford ^a   Fedders, James M ^b   Harter, Barry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Heliotropism; Photosynthesis; Solar tracking; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951603703     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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