Fruit mineral concentration and quality of 'Gala' apples as affected by rate and timing of fertigated N

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 512, Issue , 2000, Pages 159-167

  Neilsen, D ^a   Neilsen, G H ^a   Hall, J W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ca; Firmness; Fruit N; K; Malus domestica; Mg; N fertigation.; P; Soluble solids; Titratable acidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342959617     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.512.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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