Root zone parameters controlling plant growth in soilless culture

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 554, Issue , 2001, Pages 27-38

  Kafkafi, Uzi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Corn (Zea maize L.); Nitrate; PH; Root respiration; Root temperature; Stem flux; Strawberry (Fragaria ananasa L); Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944428929     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.554.1     Document Type: Article

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