Brassinosteroid analogues effects on the yield and quality parameters of greenhouse-grown pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-342

  Serna, Mario ^a   Hernández, Francisca ^a   Coll, Francisco ^b   Coll, Yamilet ^b   Amorós, Asunción ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Capsicum annuum; DI 100; DI 31; Production; Quality

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 84869146248     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-012-9718-y     Document Type: Article

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