Irrigation with low-quality water: Effects on productivity, fruit quality and physiological processes of vegetable crops

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 449, Issue , 1997, Pages 591-597

  Plaut, Z ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fruit quality; Glucose; Salinity; Taste; Vegetable crops; Yield

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 10944222623     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.449.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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