Mechanical conditioning for controlling excessive elongation in tomato transplants: Sensitivity to dose, frequency, and timing of brushing

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 894-900

  Garner, Lauren C ^a   Björkman, Thomas ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Lycopersicon esculentum; mechanical conditioning; plug production

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030456382     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.5.894     Document Type: Article

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