Effect of potassium supply on the behaviour of two processing tomato cultivars and on the changes of fruit technological characteristics

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 758, Issue , 2007, Pages 269-274

  Si Smail, K Ghebbi ^a   Bellal, M ^b   Halladj, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MOULOUD MAMMERI   (Algeria)

^b Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Acidity; Lycopene; Lycopersicon esculentum; Potassium fertilization; Refractive index; Vitamin C; Yield components

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 69249223618     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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