Nitrate content, soluble solids content, and yield of table beet as affected by cultivar, sowing date and nitrogen supply

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1255-1259

  Feller, Carmen ^a   Fink, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Fertilization; Field vegetable; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HARVESTING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; SOLUBILITY;

BLOCK DESIGN; FRESH WEIGHT; SOLUBLE SOLID CONTENTS (SSC); TABLE BEET;

CULTIVATION;

FARM CROPS; HARVESTING; NITRATES; SEEDING; SOLUBILITY; VARIETIES;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 5444257420     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.6.1255     Document Type: Article

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