Fall-planted cover crops support good yields of muskmelons

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-64

  Singogo, Wilfred ^a   Lamont Jr , William J ^a   Marr, Charles W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Drip irrigation; Medicago sativa; Pisum sativum subsp. arvense; Polyethylene mulch; Triticum aestivum; Vicia villosa

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 0030069373     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.1.62     Document Type: Article

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