Uptake of Mn and Zn by cucumber grown in closed hydroponic systems as influenced by the Mn and Zn concentrations in the supplied nutrient solution

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-379

  Tzerakis, Constantinos ^a   Savvas, Dimitrios ^b   Sigrimis, Nick ^b   Mavrogiannopoulos, Georgios ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cucumis sativus; Manganese; Nutrient uptake; Soilless culture; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 84875543700     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.3.373     Document Type: Article

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