Effect of degree and duration of shade on quality of greenhouse tomato

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 514-520

  Gent, Martin P N ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blossom end rot; Cracked skin; Irregular shape; Uneven ripening; Yield

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSES; SOLAR RADIATION;

BLOSSOM END ROT; CRACKED SKIN; SHADE TREATMENTS;

FRUITS;

GREENHOUSES; RIPENING; SUN LIGHT; TOMATOES; VARIETIES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34248561809     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.3.514     Document Type: Article

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