Effects of irrigation and N on the vegetative growth of Aloe barbadensis Mill. in Aruba

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-109

  Van Schaik, A H ^a   Struik, P C ^a   Damian, T G ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Agric Husb and Fisheries   (Aruba)

Author keywords

Aloe; Gel production; Irrigation; Leaf growth; Leaf initiation; Nitrogen; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006209722     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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