Impacts of LED spectral quality on leafy vegetables: Productivity closely linked to photosynthetic performance or associated with leaf traits?
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Keywords: leafy vegetable, leaf traits, LED spectral quality, photosynthetic performance, productivity
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20191206.5178
Citation: He J, Qin L, Chow W S. Impacts of LED spectral quality on leafy vegetables: Productivity closely linked to photosynthetic performance or associated with leaf traits? Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2019; 12(6): 16–25.
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