Nitrogen management of greenhouse pepper production: Agronomic, nutritional, and environmental implications

HortScience

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1241-1249

  Yasuor, Hagai ^a   Ben Gal, Alon ^a   Yermiyahu, Uri ^a   Beit Yannai, Elie ^b   Cohen, Shabtai ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Negev R and D Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum; Fertigation; Fertilizer use efficiency; Fruit quality; Nitrate leaching

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 84886376593     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.48.10.1241     Document Type: Article

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