Marketable yields of fresh-market tomatoes grown in plastic and hairy vetch mulches

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 878-881

  Abdul Baki, Aref A ^a   Teasdale, John R ^a   Goth, Robert W ^a   Haynes, Kathleen G ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternaria solani; Cover crop mulches; Early blight; Lycopersicon esculentum; No till production; Sustainable agriculture; Vicia villosa

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE;

CROPS;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0036774817     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.6.878     Document Type: Article

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