Production system for horticultural crops grown in the Penn State High Tunnel

HortTechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 358-362

  Lamont Jr , William J ^a   Orzolek, Michael D ^a   Holcomb, E Jay ^a   Demchak, Kathy ^a   Burkhart, Eric ^a   White, Lisa ^a   Dye, Bruce ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Fertigation; Plastic mulch; Plasticulture; Season extending technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037377105     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.13.2.0358     Document Type: Article

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