Organic fertilization, green manure, and vetch mulch to improve organic zucchini yield and quality

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1027-1033

  Montemurro, Francesco ^a   Fiore, Angelo ^a   Campanelli, Gabriele ^a   Tittarelli, Fabio ^a   Ledda, Luigi ^b   Canali, Stefano ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestate; Cucurbita pepo; Green manure; Municipal solid waste compost; Organic farming; Roller crimper; Soil mineral nitrogen; Vicia sativa cover crop

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 84883025191     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.8.1027     Document Type: Article

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