RELIABILITY OF PETIOLE SAP TEST FOR N NUTRITIONAL STATUS ASSESSING IN PROCESSING TOMATO

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 270-278

  Farneselli, Michela ^a   Tei, Francesco ^a   Simonne, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

crop N status; fertigation; leaf nitrate; nitrogen; NNI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892528760     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2013.859696     Document Type: Article

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