Effects of nutrient solution EC, plant microclimate and cultivars on fruit quality and yield of hydroponic tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 659, Issue , 2004, Pages 541-547

  Wu, Min ^a   Buck, Johann S ^a   Kubota, Chieri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivar; Fruit yield; Gas exchange; Greenhouse; Harvest; Lycopene; Total soluble solid; Vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646457986     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.659.70     Document Type: Conference Paper

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