Fruit yield, size, and color responses of two greenhouse cucumber types to nitrogen fertilization in perlite soilless culture

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 565-571

  Jasso Chaverria, C ^a   Hochmuth, G J ^a   Hochmuth, R C ^a   Sargent, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L.; Fertilization; Fruit color; Fruit quality; Hydroponics; Seedless cucumber

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 21244455621     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.3.0565     Document Type: Article

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