Humic substances generally ineffective in improving vegetable crop nutrient uptake or productivity

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 906-910

  Hartz, Timothy K ^a   Bottoms, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Humic acid; Lactuca sativae; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954531446     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.6.906     Document Type: Article

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