Severity of leaf harvest, supplemental nutrients, and sulfur application on long-term leaf production of Aloe barbadensis miller

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1584-1588

  Wang, Yin Tung ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Floriculture and Plant Physiology ^*  (United States)

^c Matsui Nursery Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Leaf initiation; Micronutrient; Mineral nutrition; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALOE VERA; LEAF INITIATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MINERAL NUTRITION; SOIL PH;

CULTIVATION;

ALOE; ALOE VERA;

EID: 36549038635     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.7.1584     Document Type: Article

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