Hydroponic greenhouse production of specialty cucurbit crops

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 731, Issue , 2007, Pages 225-234

  Cantliffe, Daniel J ^a   Shaw, Nicole L ^a   Rodriguez, Juan C ^a   Stoffella, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

'Beit Alpha' cucumber (Cucumis sativus); 'Galia' muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.); Baby squash (Cucurbita Pepo)

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 70449382830     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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