Soil and plant mineral nutrition and fruit quality under organic, conventional, and integrated apple production systems in Washington State, USA

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 564, Issue , 2001, Pages 291-298

  Andrews, Preston K ^a   Fellman, John K ^a   Glover, Jerry D ^a   Reganold, John P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Malus x domestica; Nitrogen; Orchard floor management; Post harvest storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650947721     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.564.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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