Differential growth and yield responses of tomato plants grown in different solution concentrations using nutrient film technique and sand culture

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 450, Issue , 1997, Pages 449-455

  Ismail, Mohd Razi ^a   Ahmad, Rashidah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Growth; NFT; Sand culture; Solution concentration; Tomatoes; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879474954     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.450.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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