Impacts of the substrate medium on tomato yield and fruit quality in soilless cultivation

Horticultural Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Tzortzakis, Nikos G ^a,b,c   Economakis, C D ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b Institute of Olive Tree and Subtropical Plants of Chania   (Greece)

^c National Agriculture Research Foundation of Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Earliness; Fruit quality; Organic materials; Perlite; Pumice; Soilless culture; Tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47049090124     PISSN: 0862867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/642-hortsci     Document Type: Article

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