Nitrate levels in lettuce at three times during a diurnal period

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 37-42

  Siomos, Anastasios S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lactuca sativa L; Nitrate content; Time of harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846639794     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v06n02_05     Document Type: Article

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