Effects of foliar application of calcium solutions on the incidence of blossom-end rot of tomato fruit

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 553-558

  Wada, Teruo ^a   Ikeda, Hideo ^a   Ikeda, Masafumi ^b   Furukawa, Hajime ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

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LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 0030499749     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.65.553     Document Type: Article

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