Stored human urine supplemented with wood ash as fertilizer in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) cultivation and its impacts on fruit yield and quality

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 7612-7617

  Pradhan, Surendra K ^a   Holopainen, Jarmo K ^a   Heinonen Tanski, Helvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

carotene; Glucose; Lycopene; Nitrogen; Tomato; Urine; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TOMATO; URINE;

AGRICULTURE; BETA CAROTENE; FERTILIZERS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; URINE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 70349204177     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9018917     Document Type: Article

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