Characterizing the Efficacy of a Film-Forming Antitranspirant on Raspberry Foliar and Fruit Transpiration
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plants
2.2. Leaf Surface Study
2.3. Light and Temperature Response of Individual Leaves to Infrared Gas Analyser Settings
2.4. Leaf Gas Exchange
2.5. Fruit Transpiration
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Moroni, F.J.; Gascon-Aldana, P.J.; Rogiers, S.Y. Characterizing the Efficacy of a Film-Forming Antitranspirant on Raspberry Foliar and Fruit Transpiration. Biology 2020, 9, 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090255
Moroni FJ, Gascon-Aldana PJ, Rogiers SY. Characterizing the Efficacy of a Film-Forming Antitranspirant on Raspberry Foliar and Fruit Transpiration. Biology. 2020; 9(9):255. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090255
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoroni, Francesca J., Pedro J. Gascon-Aldana, and Suzy Y. Rogiers. 2020. "Characterizing the Efficacy of a Film-Forming Antitranspirant on Raspberry Foliar and Fruit Transpiration" Biology 9, no. 9: 255. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090255