Nitrogen Metabolism and Yield Response to Increases in Nitrogen-Phosphorus Fertilization: Improvement in Greenhouse Cultivation of Eggplant (Solanum melongena Cv. Bonica)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4227-4231

  López Cantarero, Inmaculada ^a   Ruiz, Juan Manuel ^a   Hernandez, Joaquin ^a   Romero, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrogen assimilation; NP fertilization; Solanum melongena L.; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001297129     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970213g     Document Type: Article

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