The phenology, yield and tuber composition of 'early' crop potatoes: A comparison between organic and conventional cultivation systems

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-58

  Lombardo, Sara ^a   Lo Monaco, Antonino ^a   Pandino, Gaetano ^a   Parisi, Bruno ^b   Mauromicale, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

'early' crop potato; conventional; cultivar; cultivation system; organic; season

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; NITRATE; ORGANIC FARMING; PHENOLOGY; POTATO; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TUBER;

EID: 84873895461     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000640     Document Type: Article

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