Vermicompost as a soil supplement to improve growth, yield and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 677-682

  Papathanasiou, Fokion ^a   Papadopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Tsakiris, Ioannis ^a   Tamoutsidis, Efstathios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Chlorophyll concentration; Fertilization; Lettuce yield; Nitrate; Photosynthesis; Quality; Root biomass; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZER; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DRY WEIGHT; GENOTYPE; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT YIELD; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SPRING; VERMICOMPOST; WINTER;

EID: 84862162428     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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