Supplemental foliar potassium applications during muskmelon fruit development can improve fruit quality, ascorbic acid, and beta-carotene contents

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-653

  Lester, Gene E ^a   Jifon, John L ^b   Rogers, Gordon ^c  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Color; Cucumis melo; Firmness; Maturity; Soluble solids; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 21544439571     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.130.4.649     Document Type: Article

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