Yield and fruit quality response of sweet pepper to organic and mineral fertilization

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-238

  del Amor, F M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Capsicum annuum L; Fertilization strategies; N limitation; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FRUIT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC FARMING; YIELD RESPONSE;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 34547857042     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170507001792     Document Type: Article

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