Response of lettuce to water and nitrogen on sand and the potential for leaching of nitrate-N

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-77

  Sanchez, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Irrigation; Lactuca sativa; Yield

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0347016974     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.1.73     Document Type: Article

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