Comparison of open and closed systems on yield and quality of greenhouse grown tomatoes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 579, Issue , 2002, Pages 585-590

  Tuzel Y ^a   Tuzel I H ^a   Gul A ^a   Eltez, R Z ^a   Akat, O ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bayindir Vocational Schools   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Closed system; Irrigation schedules; Open system; Quality; Substrates; Tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 71449126347     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.579.103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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