Promotive effects of 5-aminolevulinic acid on photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence of tomato seedlings under suboptimal low temperature and suboptimal photon flux density stress - Short communication

Horticultural Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-99

  Guo, Xiaoqing ^a   Li, Yansu ^a   Yu, Xianchang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon assimilation; Chemical substance; Environmental stress; Protected culture; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881226991     PISSN: 0862867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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