Yield and quality of garden cress affected by different nitrogen sources and growing period

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 608-617

  Tuncay, Özlem ^a   Eşiyok, Dursun ^a   Yaǧmur, Bülent ^a   Okur, Bülent ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Farmyard manure; Glucosinolate; Lepidium sativum L.; Nitrate; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

BOS; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79957526266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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