The effect of sheep-manure vermicompost on quantitative and qualitative properties of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in the greenhouse

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4953-4957

  Azarmi, Rasool ^a   Giglou, Mousa Torabi ^a   Hajieghrari, Behzad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Greenhouse cucumber; Qualitative; Quantitative; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DRY WEIGHT; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE; LEAF AREA; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT YIELD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SOIL; VARIETAS; VERMICOMPOST;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350433927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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