Nitrate concentration in greenhouse lettuce: A modeling study

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 456, Issue , 1998, Pages 189-197

  Seginer, Ido ^a   Van Straten, Gerrit ^b   Buwalda, Fokke ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Research Station for Floriculture and Glasshouse Vegetables   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth inhibition; Lactuca sativa L.; Photosynthesis inhibition; Sink limited growth; Source limited growth; Turgor maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879481174     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.456.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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