Effect of fertilizers on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) yield, physical and organoleptic properties

Advances in Horticultural Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-57

  Khah, E M ^a   Arvanitoyannis, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Cluster; Color; Firmness; Lactuca sativa; Lettuce; PCA; Sensory; Slow release fertilizer; Soluble fertilizers

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0037984388     PISSN: 03946169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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