Yield and fruit quality of tomato grown in a closed hydroponic greenhouse system as affected by pythium ultimum attack and biological control agents

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 644, Issue , 2004, Pages 575-582

  Alsanius, B W ^a   Lundqvist, S ^a   Persson, E ^a   Gustafsson, K A ^a   Olsson, M ^a   Khalil, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidity; Ascorbic acid; BCA; Dehydroascorbic acid; Dry matter; Malondialdehyde; NFT; Nutrient film technique; PGPR; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Pythium ultimum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958250673     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.644.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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