Effect of root and foliar application of amino acids on the growth and yield of greenhouse tomato in different fertilization levels

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 644-648

  Koukounaras, Athanasios ^a   Tsouvaltzis, Pavlos ^a   Siomos, Anastasios S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amino16 ; Fruit cracking; Fruit quality; Organic fertilizers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; FRUIT CRACKING; FRUIT GROWTH; GREENHOUSE; HARVESTING; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT YIELD; TILLAGE; TOMATO;

EID: 84880271704     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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