Water deficit, root demography, and the causes of internal blackening in field-grown tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Reid, J B ^a   Winfield, Diana ^a   Sorensen, Isabelle ^a   Kale, A J ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b J Wattie Foods Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blossom end rot; Fruit quality; Lycopersicon esculentum; Root demography; Tomato; Water stress

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030419158     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1996.tb05738.x     Document Type: Article

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