Production of lettuce under different fertilisation treatments, yield and quality

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 571, Issue , 2002, Pages 65-72

  Premuzic, Z ^a   Garate A ^b   Bonilla, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compost; Lactuca sativa; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Vermicompost; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 67651251544     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.571.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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