Root zone temperature, plant growth, and fruit yield of tomatillo as affected by plastic film mulch

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1312-1319

  Díaz Pérez, Juan C ^a   Phatak, Sharad C ^a   Giddings, David ^a   Bertrand, Denne ^a   Mills, Harry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Husk tomato; Physalis ixocarpa; Plasticulture; Soil temperature; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PLANT GROWTH; PLASTIC MULCHES; ROOT ZONE TEMPERATURE; TOMATILLO;

CROPS;

CONCENTRATION; CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; FRUITS; MULCH; PLANTS; PLASTIC FILMS; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS PHILADELPHICA IMMACULATA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 22444439611     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.5.1312     Document Type: Article

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