Vermicompost substitution influences growth, physiological disorders, fruit yield and quality of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8507-8511

  Singh, Rajbir ^a   Sharma, R R ^b   Kumar, Satyendra ^a   Gupta, R K ^a   Patil, R T ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fruit malformation; Fruit yield; Growth parameters; Strawberry; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS;

FRAGARIA; FRUIT YIELD; VERMI COMPOSTING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

COMPOST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUITING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; HERB; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ACIDITY; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FRUIT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAWBERRY; VERMICOMPOST;

CROSSES, GENETIC; FERTILIZERS; FLOWERS; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; PLANT DISEASES; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BOTRYTIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 47749087791     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.03.034     Document Type: Article

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