Summer cover crop and in-season management system affect growth and yield of lettuce and cantaloupe

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1398-1403

  Wang, Guangyao ^a,d   Ngouajio, Mathieu ^b   McGiffen Jr , Milton E ^a   Hutchinson, Chad M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Integrated management; Organic vegetables; Sudangrass; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 54249163594     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.5.1398     Document Type: Article

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