Biomass yield and composition of sweetpotato grown in a nutrient film technique system

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Almazan, A M ^a   Zhou, X ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass composition; Biomass yield; Nutrient film technique; Nutritional quality; Sweetpotato biomass; Sweetpotato greens; Sweetpotato storage root

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030726857     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436062     Document Type: Article

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