Potassium application and leaf sufficiency level for fresh-market tomatoes grown on a midwestern United States fine-textured soil

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-252

  Taber, H G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf K; Plant analysis; Sap K

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33645553220     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.2.0247     Document Type: Article

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