Tomato yield and fruit size did not respond to P fertilization of a sandy soil testing very high in Mehlich-1 P

HortScience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 653-656

  Hochmuth, George ^a   Carrijo, Osmar ^a,c   Shuler, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Palm Beach County ^*  (United States)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lycopersicon esculentum; Soil testing; Tissue testing

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032814474     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.34.4.653     Document Type: Article

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