Nitrogen rate and application timing affect 'Beauregard' sweetpotato yield and quality

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 214-217

  Phillips, S B ^a   Warren, J G ^a   Mullins, G L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude protein; Fertilizer; Ipomoea batatas; N use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; TRANSPLANTS;

CHECK TREATMENT; NITROGEN RATE; ROOT YIELD; WEEKS AFTER TRANSPLANTING (WAT);

CROPS;

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GROWTH; NITROGEN; ROOTS; TRANSPLANTATION;

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 13144252274     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.1.214     Document Type: Article

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