Impact of grafting and rootstock on nutrient-to-water uptake ratios during the first month after planting of hydroponically grown tomato

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 294-302

  Savvas, Dimitrios ^a   Öztekin, Golgen Bahar ^b   Tepecik, Mahmut ^b   Ropokis, Andreas ^a   Tüzel, Yuksel ^b   Ntatsi, Georgia ^a   Schwarz, Dietmar ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium; He Man; hetero grafting; hydroponics; Maxifort; nutrient solution; uptake concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011841652     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2016.1265903     Document Type: Article

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