Effects of blue and red light on stem elongation and flowering of tomato seedlings

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 956, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-266

  Nanya, K ^a   Ishigami, Y ^a   Hikosaka, S ^a   Goto, E ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue red ratio; Closed plant production system; LED; Morphogenesis; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870626511     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.956.29     Document Type: Article

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