Potassium source and rate for polyethylene-mulched tomatoes

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1204-1207

  Locascio, S J ^a   Hochmuth, G J ^a   Olson, S M ^b   Hochmuth, R C ^c   Csizinszky, A A ^d   Shuler, K D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Suwannee Valley Res and Educ Ctr   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Palm Beach Co Coop Exten Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit yield; Leaf analysis; Lycopersicon esculentum; Potassium chloride; Potassium nitrate; Potassium sulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031452775     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.7.1204     Document Type: Article

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