Optimizing plant density and production systems to maximize yield of greenhouse-grown 'Trust' tomatoes

HortTechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Amundson, Susannah ^a   Deyton, Dennis E ^a   Kopsell, Dean A ^a   Hitch, Walt ^b   Moore, Ann ^b   Sams, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit size; Plant spacing; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84861406874     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.22.1.44     Document Type: Article

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