Colored plastic mulches affect soil temperature and tuber production of potato

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-371

  Ibarra Jiménez, Luis ^a   Lira Saldivar, R Hugo ^a   Valdez Aguilar, Luis Alonso ^a   Río, Javier Lozano Del ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Plasticulture; Soil warming; Solanum tuberosum; Yield

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 79956068179     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2010.495724     Document Type: Article

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