Influence of cover crops and irrigation rates on tomato yields and quality in a subtropical region

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2125-2131

  Wang, Qingren ^a   Klassen, Waldemar ^a   Li, Yuncong ^a   Codallo, Merlyn ^a   Abdul Baki, Aref A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Soil N; Sorghum sudangrass; Sunn hemp; Velvetbean

Indexed keywords

CROPS; IRRIGATION; NUTRITION; SOILS; WATER;

COWPEA; SOIL N; VELVETBEAN;

FRUITS;

IRRIGATION; NUTRIENTS; SOIL; SUNN HEMP; TOMATOES;

CANNABIS; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; PIPER (PEPPER); PIPERACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 28444473791     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.7.2125     Document Type: Article

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