Single-truss tomato system - A labor-saving management system for tomato production

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-184

  Okano, Kunio ^a   Nakano, Yuka ^a   Watanabe, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutting; Dense planting; Nursery plant; Salinity; Year round production

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0035402613     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.35.177     Document Type: Article

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