The effect of soil moisture on the motherstalk method of asparagus production

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-47

  Reiners, Stephen ^a   Garrison, Stephen A ^b  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asparagus Officinalis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0032921570     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.1.45     Document Type: Article

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