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The response to temperature of leaf area in tomato genotypes. II. The rate of leaf production

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Genotypic variation in the response to temperature of the rate of leaf production is reported. Leaf production was measured as the rate of successive leaves passing a specific length and by dissecting plants to obtain the rate of leaf initiation. These results together with the results of leaf size from the previous paper. are compared to the effect of temperature on the total leaf area. The use of information from these experiments in selecting for increased leaf area at low temperature is discussed.

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  1. Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), P.O.B. 16, 6700, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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Paul, E.M.M. The response to temperature of leaf area in tomato genotypes. II. The rate of leaf production. Euphytica 33, 355–362 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021132

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