Yield and fruit quality of watermelon (citrullus lanatus (thumb.) matsum. & nakai.) and melon (cucumis melo l.) under protected organic and conventional farming systems in a mediterranean region of Turkey

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-183

  Curuk S ^a   Sermenli, T ^a   Mavi, K ^a   Evrendilek, F ^b  

^a Department of Horticulture ^*  (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RESPONSE; ORGANIC FARMING; YIELD;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 4344642581     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2004.9754999     Document Type: Article

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