Vegetative growth, nutritional status and yield of tomato plants growing under salinity conditions and different NO3-:NH 4+ ratios

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 559, Issue , 2001, Pages 359-364

  Flores, P ^a   Del Amor, F M ^a   Carvajal, M ^a   Navarro, J M ^a   Cerda A ^a   Martinez V ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nitrate; Stress

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34248174640     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.559.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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