Soil moisture and cultivar influence cracking, blossom-end rot, zippers, and yield of staked fresh-market tomatoes

HortTechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Sperry, Wade J ^a,b   Davis, Jeanine M ^a,c   Sanders, Douglas C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Extension   (United States)

^c Mt Hort Crops Res and Exten Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Lycopersicon esculentum; Physiological disorders; Splitting; Tensiometer

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030023397     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.6.1.21     Document Type: Review

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