Floating system cultivation of radish (Raphanus sativus L.): Production and quality

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 697, Issue , 2005, Pages 87-92

  Salerno, A ^a   Pierandrei, F ^a   Rea, E ^a   Colla, G ^b   Rouphael, Y ^b   Saccardo, F ^b  

^a CRA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypocotyls; Quality; Soilless; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449428217     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.697.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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