The effect of plant pruning on the light conditions and vegetative development of eggplant (solanummelongena l.) in greenhouse cultivation

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue , 2008, Pages 57-70

  Ambroszczyk, Anna Magdalena ^a   Cebula, Stanis?Aw ^a   Sękara, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

aubergine; leaf development; leaf parameters; PAR; pruning; Solanum melongena; vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007430304     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: 18987761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-008-0005-4     Document Type: Article

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