Correlations between soil and cladode nutrient concentrations and fruit yield and quality in cactus pears, Opuntia ficus indica in a traditional farm setting in Argentina

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-132

  Galizzi, Fernando Angel ^a   Felker, Peter ^b,c,d,f   González, Celia ^a   Gardiner, Duane ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Catolica de Santiago del Estero   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d Plantation Specialties   (Argentina)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^f D'Arrigo Bros   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Calcium; Correlation matrix; Micronutrients; Potassium; Prickly pear

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT; PLANTATION; YIELD;

ARGENTINA; SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 3042728355     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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