Tomato yield and quality as affected by nitrogen source and salinity

Agronomie

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-256

  Flores, Pilar ^a   Navarro, Josefa María ^a   Carvajal, Micaela ^a   Cerdá, Antonio ^a   Martínez, Vicente ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Quality; Salinity; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; NITROGEN; SALINITY;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0037385321     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2002088     Document Type: Article

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