Grafted melons irrigated with fresh or effluent water tolerate excess boron

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 484-491

  Edelstein, Menahem ^a   Ben Hur, Meni ^a   Plaut, Zui ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boron tolerance; Cucurbita; Effluent; Grafting

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 34447519119     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.4.484     Document Type: Article

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