Agronomical response and water use efficiency of sweet pepper plants grown in different greenhouse substrates

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 810-814

  Del Amor, Francisco M ^a   Gómez López, María D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Coconut coir dust; Polyacrylamide; rice hulls; Urea formaldehyde foam

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 67651015234     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.3.810     Document Type: Article

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