Effect of fruit maturity and nitrogen fertilizer levels on tomato peeling efficiency

Journal of Vegetable Crop Production

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-11

  Barringer, Sheryl A ^a   Bennett, Mark A ^a   Bash, Winston D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Fruit quality; Maturity; Nitrogen; Peeling; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991935274     PISSN: 10496467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J068v05n01_02     Document Type: Article

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