Chilling injury and yield of muskmelon grown with plastic mulches, rowcovers, and thermal water tubes

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-221

  Jenni, Sylvie ^a   Stewart, Katrine A ^a   Cloutier, Daniel C ^b   Bourgeois, Gaétan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo; Mini tunnel; Plasticulture; Seed; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0031971216     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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