Photosynthetic efficiency and crop yield

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 821-834

  Xu, Da Quan ^a   Shen, Yun Kang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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