Successful beit alpha cucumber production in the greenhouse using pine bark as an alternative soilless media

HortTechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-294

  Shaw, Nicole L ^a   Cantliffe, Daniel J ^a   Funes, Julio ^a   Shine III, Cecil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Hydroponic; Protected agriculture; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 2442618312     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.14.2.0289     Document Type: Article

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