Manipulating quality of horticultural crops with fertigation

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 792, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-59

  Battilani, A ^a  

^a Consorzio Bonifica CER ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Environment; Food safety; Molecular farming; Nutraceutical; Nutrition; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849109900     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.792.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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