The effect of light intensity and nitrogen fertilization on plant growth and leaf quality of Ngo Gai (Eryngium foetidum L.) in Massachusetts

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 629, Issue , 2004, Pages 215-229

  Casey, Clare A ^a   Mangan, Francis X ^a   Herbert, Stephen J ^a   Barker, Allen V ^a   Carter, Anne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culantro; Culinary herbs; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444259445     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.629.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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