Influence of NaCl concentration in the irrigation water on salt accumulation in the root zone and yield in a cucumber crop grown in a closed hydroponic system

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 697, Issue , 2005, Pages 93-98

  Savvas, D ^a   Pappa, V A ^a   Gizas, G ^a   Maglaras, L ^a  

^a Faculty of Agricultural Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Hydroponics; Salinity; Salt accumulation; Soilless culture; Yield responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879649516     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.697.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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