Nutrient conductivity effects on sweet pepper plants grown using a nutrient film technique: 1. Yield and fruit quality

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-237

  Tadesse, Teshome ^a   Nichols, Michael A ^a   Fisher, Keith J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dry matter partitioning; Electrical conductivity; Ethylene production; Quality; Respiration; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CROP YIELD; DRY WEIGHT; ETHYLENE; FRUIT QUALITY; IONIC STRENGTH; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT GROWTH; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; WATER CONSUMPTION;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 0032752631     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1999.9514101     Document Type: Article

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