Decrease of yield of cucumber by non-renewal of the nutrient hydroponic solution and its reversal by supplementation of activated charcoal

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Asao, Toshiki ^a   Umeyama, Motomasa ^a   Ohta, Katsumi ^a   Hosoki, Takashi ^a   Ito, Norihiro ^a   Ueda, Hisafumi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; Allelopathy; Autotoxicity; Cucumber; Hydroponics

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0031907345     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.67.99     Document Type: Article

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