Salinity and alkaline pH in irrigation water affect marigold plants: I. Growth and shoot dry weight partitioning

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1719-1725

  Valdez Aguilar, Luis A ^a   Grieve, Catherine M ^a   Poss, James ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding plants; Colorado River water; Cut flowers; Electrical conductivity; Plant quality

Indexed keywords

TAGETES; TAGETES ERECTA; TAGETES PATULA;

EID: 70350139858     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.6.1719     Document Type: Article

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