Yield and fruit quality of four sweet corn hybrids (Zea mays) under conventional and integrated fertilization with vermicompost

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1244-1253

  Lazcano, Cristina ^a,c   Revilla, Pedro ^b   Malvar, Rosa Ana ^b   Domínguez, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

^c Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Genotype environment interaction; Organic fertilizers; Soil fertility; Sustainable agriculture; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; RABBIT; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MANURE; MUTATION; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT PROTEINS; RABBITS; SEEDS; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953729050     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4306     Document Type: Article

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