90 % yield increase of red pepper with unexpectedly low doses of compost soluble substances

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 433-441

  Sortino, Orazio ^a   Dipasquale, Mauro ^a   Montoneri, Enzo ^b   Tomasso, Lorenzo ^b   Avetta, Paola ^b   Bianco Prevot, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bio refuse; Biophotosensitizers; Chlorophyll; Photosynthesis; Plant growth productivity; Renewable carbon cycle

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPOST; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; HERB; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLUBILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879576000     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-012-0117-6     Document Type: Article

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