Management of nitrogen and irrigation in lettuce transplant production affects transplant root and shoot development and subsequent crop yields

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 607-610

  Soundy, Puffy ^a,b   Cantliffe, Daniel J ^a   Hochmuth, George J ^a,c   Stoffella, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Containerized transplant; Fertigation; Head size; Lactuca sativa; Nutrition; Stand establishment

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GREENHOUSES; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY;

FERTIGATION; FLOATATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; TRANSPLANT GROWTH;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

FARM CROPS; FOOD; GREENHOUSES; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 19944365205     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.3.607     Document Type: Article

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