Yield, water-, and nitrogen-use efficiency in field-grown, grafted tomatoes

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 485-492

  Djidonou, Desire ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Simonne, Eric H ^a   Koch, Karen E ^a   Erickson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grafting; Rootstock; S. lycopersicum X s. habrochaites; Sandy soil; Scion; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84876586243     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.4.485     Document Type: Article

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