The number of emitters alters salt distribution and root growth in potted gerbera

HortScience

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 160-165

  Valdés, Raquel ^a   Miralles, Julián ^a   Ochoa, Jesús ^a   Bañón, Sebastián ^a   Sánchez Blanco, María Jesús ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coconut fiber; Electrical conductivity; Floriculture; Irrigation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894051138     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.49.2.160     Document Type: Article

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