Effects of calcium and magnesium on plant growth, biomass partitioning, and fruit yield of winter greenhouse tomato

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 512-515

  Hao, Xiuming ^a   Papadopoulos, Athanasios P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass distribution; Blossom end rot; Lycopersicon esculentum; Rockwool

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; FRUITS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

FRUIT YIELD; GROWTH STAGES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 2942598432     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.3.512     Document Type: Article

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