Photosynthetic, chlorophyll fluorescence and growth changes in hot pepper under deficit irrigation and partial root zone drying

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4671-4679

  Guang Cheng, Shao ^a,b   Rui Qi, Guo ^a,b   Na, Liu ^c   Shuang En, Yu ^a,b   Weng Gang, Xing ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DI50; Partial root zone drying (PRD); Photochemical parameters; Relative leaf water content

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 80053121370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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