Patterns of defoliation and their effect on the plant growth and photosynthetic characteristics of Ipomoea cairica

Weed Biology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Li, Weihua ^a   Luo, Jianning ^b   Tian, Xingshan ^b   Peng, Changlian ^a   Zhou, Xianye ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Defoliation patterns; Ipomoea cairica; Photosynthetic characteristics

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA CAIRICA;

EID: 84863383623     PISSN: 14446162     EISSN: 14456664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-6664.2012.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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