Nitrogen requirements and N status determination of lettuce

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1768-1774

  Bottoms, Thomas G ^a   Smith, Richard F ^b   Cahn, Michael D ^b   Hartz, Timothy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer efficiency; Lactuca sativa; Soil and tissue testing

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 84871860841     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.12.1768     Document Type: Article

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