Yield and dry weight of dehydrator onions after uprooting at maturity and delaying harvest

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1068-1070

  Wall, Arthur D ^a   Corgan, Joe N ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Bulb weight; Dry matter; Solids; Undercutting

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; FUSARIUM;

EID: 0032745550     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.6.1068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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