Yield and quality of vegetables grown in a floating system for readyto-eat produce

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 807, Issue , 2009, Pages 433-438

  Zanin, G ^a   Ponchia, G ^a   Sambo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Ascorbic acid; Nitrate; Phenols; Plant density; Raphanus sativus; Salinity; Valerianella locusta

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958832087     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.807.61     Document Type: Conference Paper

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