Opportunities and constraints for improved vegetable production technology in tropical Asia

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 809, Issue , 2009, Pages 55-68

  Everaarts, A P ^a   De Putter, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Harvest date planning; Review; Tropical Asia; Vegetable production technologies; Vegetables; Year round supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350136139     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.809.3     Document Type: Article

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