Grafting is an efficient alternative to shading screens to alleviate thermal stress in greenhouse-grown sweet pepper

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 149, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-46

  López Marín, Josefa ^a   González, Alberto ^a   Pérez Alfocea, Francisco ^b   Egea Gilabert, Catalina ^c   Fernández, Juan A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capsicum annum; Fruit quality; Rootstock; Sunscald; Vegetative growth; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAFTING; HARVESTING; LEAF AREA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION BALANCE; SHADING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 84871918997     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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