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The effect of different doses of nitrogen (N) on gas exchange, relative chlorophyll (Chl) amount, and the content of N in the aerial biomass of lisianthus was evaluated. The treatments consisted of six different concentrations of N (50, 100, 150, 200, 250, and 300 g m−3 noted as N50, N100, N150, N200, N250, and N300, respectively), applied through the fertirrigation technique. N250 and N300 induced increase in the contents of foliar Chl and N in the aerial biomass, that in turn contributed to an increase of photosynthetic activity in lisianthus.
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Marchese, J.A., Katz, I., Sousa, A.P. et al. Gas exchange in lisianthus plants (Eustoma grandiflorum) submitted to different doses of nitrogen. Photosynthetica 43, 303–305 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-005-0050-x
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