Shade delayed flowering and decreased photosynthesis, growth and yield of Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) plants

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1235-1237

  Cai, Z Q ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flowering; Fruit; Growth; Photosynthesis; Plukenetia volubilis

Indexed keywords

CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FLOWERING; FLOWERING PHENOLOGY; FRUIT YIELD; GROWTH AND YIELD; LIGHT GRADIENTS; LIGHT SATURATION; MAXIMUM VALUES; PIONEER SPECIES; PLASTIC RESPONSE; PLUKENETIA VOLUBILIS; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; RESPIRATION RATE; TOTAL BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CROPS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTUM YIELD;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; PIONEER SPECIES; RESPIRATION; SHADING; YIELD RESPONSE;

PLUKENETIA VOLUBILIS;

EID: 79959292866     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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