Growth and yield responses of strawberry plants to chitosan application

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Abdel Mawgoud, A M R ^a   Tantawy, A S ^a   El Nemr, M A ^a   Sassine, Y N ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fruit quality; Plant growth; Strawberry; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952999291     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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