Alternative use of pine bark media for hydroponic production of 'Galia' muskmelon results in profitable returns

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 731, Issue , 2007, Pages 259-265

  Shaw, Nicole L ^a   Cantliffe, Daniel J ^a   Rodriguez, Juan C ^a   Karchi, Zvi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Plant Breeder/Geneticist ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Economics; Greenhouse; Protected agriculture; Soilless media

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 70449348625     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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