High fertigation frequency: The effects on uptake of nutrients, water and plant growth

Plant and Soil

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 467-477

  Silber, A ^a   Xu, G ^b   Levkovitch, I ^a   Soriano, S ^a   Bilu, A ^c   Wallach, R ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depletion zone; Hydraulic conductivity; Lettuce; Nutrient acquisition; Phosphorus; Tensiometers

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WATER UPTAKE;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0042066593     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024857814743     Document Type: Article

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