Lettuce growth limited by nitrate supply

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 507, Issue , 1999, Pages 141-148

  Seginer, Ido ^a   Van Straten, Gerrit ^b   Buwalda, Fokke ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Research Station for Floriculture and Glasshouse Vegetables   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Lactuca sativa L.; Nitrate in lettuce; Nitrate limited growth; Source sink control; Turgor maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000732766     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.507.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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