Long-term response of 'Hamlin' orange trees to controlled-release nitrogen fertilizers

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-426

  Obreza, Thomas A ^a   Rouse, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus sinensis; Fruit yield; Isobutylidene diurea; Juice quality; Methylene urea; Total soluble solids

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FRUITS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; UREA;

'HAMLIN' ORANGE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FRUIT YIELD; ISOBUTYLIDENE DIUREA; JUICE QUALITY;

FERTILIZERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CITRUS; FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; ISOBUTYLENE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORCHARDS; SOLIDS CONTENT; UREA;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 33645097648     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.2.423     Document Type: Article

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