Management practices of growers using high tunnels in the central great plains of the United States

HortTechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 639-645

  Knewtson, Sharon J B ^a   Carey, Edward E ^a,b   Kirkham, M B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIR CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Flower; Hoophouse; Organic; Protected agriculture; Survey; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954428438     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.20.3.639     Document Type: Article

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