THE EFFECT OF COOLING RATE ON CUCUMBER PLANT RESPONSE TO A DAILY SHORT-TERM TEMPERATURE DROP

We studied the effect of cooling rate on responses of cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus L.) to a daily short-term (2 hour) temperature reduction (DROP) at the end of the night (dark DROP) or at the beginning of the day (light DROP). The temperature was lowered from 20° to 9 °C gradually (at a rate of...

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Main Authors: Tatyana Shibaeva, Elena Sherudilo, Alexandr Titov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2016-11-01
Series:Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Online Access:http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/biology/article/view/489