Effects of air humidity and K:Ca ratio on growth, morphology, flowering and keeping quality of pot roses

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 131-141

  Mortensen, Leiv M ^a,b   Ottosen, Carl Otto ^c   Gislerød, Hans R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air humidity; Calcium; Growth; Keeping quality; Pot rose; Potassium

Indexed keywords

ROSA;

EID: 0005070002     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(00)00251-X     Document Type: Article

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