Irrigation and nitrogen level affect lettuce yield in greenhouse condition

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4450-4453

  Acar, Bilal ^a   Paksoy, Mustafa ^a   Türkmen, Önder ^a   Seymen, Musa ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Greenhouse; Head weight; Lettuce; Nitrogen applications

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CULTIVAR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PLANT AGE; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT LENGTH; SOLID;

LACTUCA;

EID: 58149252221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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