Phosphorus rate in combination with cultural practices reduces excessive growth of tomato seedlings in the float system

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 524-528

  Rideout, James W ^a,b   Overstreet, Laura F ^a,b  

^a Mt Hort Crops Res and Exten Ctr   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brushing; Clipping; Ethephon; Lycopersicon esculentum; Tobacco float system

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHOSPHORUS; SEED;

FLOAT SYSTEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0042128296     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.4.524     Document Type: Article

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