Effect of nitrogen application on growth parameters, yield and leaf nitrate content of greenhouse lettuce cultivated during three seasons

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1246-1254

  Konstantopoulou, Eleni ^a   Kapotis, Georgios ^a   Salachas, Georgios ^a   Petropoulos, Spyridon A ^b   Chatzieustratiou, Eleni ^a   Karapanos, Ioannis C ^b   Passam, Harold C ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; hydroponics; Lactuca sativa L.; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; transpiration

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 84861422848     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2012.676135     Document Type: Article

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