Lesquerella press cake as an organic fertilizer for greenhouse tomatoes

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-168

  Vaughn, Steven F ^a   Deppe, Nathan A ^a   Berhow, Mark A ^a   Evangelista, Roque L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Container production; Cottonseed meal; Oilseed crop; Potting medium

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; COMMERCIAL USE; CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS; CONTAINER PRODUCTION; FRUIT WEIGHT; GREENHOUSE TOMATOES; LESQUERELLA; NITROGEN LEVELS; OIL SEED CROPS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PLANT HEIGHT; POTTING MEDIUM; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; TOMATO YIELD; TOTAL POROSITY; TOTAL SOLIDS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONTAINERS; CROPS; CURRICULA; FRUITS; PH EFFECTS; PORPHYRINS; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); PROFITABILITY;

FERTILIZERS;

BULK DENSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC FARMING; POROSITY; SHRUB; VEGETABLE; YIELD RESPONSE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROPUS; PHYSARIA (ANGIOSPERM); PHYSARIA FENDLERI; SOLANUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER; POROSITY; PROFITABILITY; SHRINKAGE; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 77954863798     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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