Quality characteristics of daniela' tomatoes grown on a perlite-zeolite culture bag fed with slow release fertiliser

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 491, Issue , 1999, Pages 331-335

  Ymeri, A ^a   Gerasopoulos, D ^b   Maloupa, E ^b  

^a General Hospital of Chania   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bag culture; Greenhouse; Growth; Hydroponics; Irrigation; Nutrient elements; Perlite; Quality; Slow release fertilizer; Tomato; Yield; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84879215992     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.491.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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