Response of hydroponically grown gerbera to nutrient solution recycling and different nutrient cation ratios

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 96, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 267-280

  Savvas, Dimitrios ^a   Gizas, George ^a  

^a Faculty of Agricultural Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Closed systems; Gerbera jamesonii; Hydroponics; Nutrient ratios; Pumice; Recycling; Soilless culture; Yield responses

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE;

GERBERA; GERBERA JAMESONII;

EID: 0037032727     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(02)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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