Temporal dynamics of light and nitrogen vertical distributions in canopies of sunflower, kenaf and cynara

Field Crops Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-198

  Archontoulis, S V ^a,b   Vos, J ^a   Yin, X ^a   Bastiaans, L ^a   Danalatos, N G ^b   Struik, P C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cynara; Kenaf; Light extinction coefficient; Nitrogen profile; Sunflower; Water stress

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LEAF AREA; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER STRESS;

CYNARA; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 79956100885     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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