Physiological Roles of Silicon in Photosynthesis and Dry Matter Production in Rice Plants I. Effects of silicon and shading treatments

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 200-206

  Agarie, Sakae ^a   Agata, Waichi ^a   Kubota, Fumitake ^a   Kaufman, Peter B ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry matter production; Leaf conductance; Photosynthetic rate; Rice; Shade; Silicon; Transpiration rate; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008131988     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: 13490990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.61.200     Document Type: Article

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