Use of digestate as an alternative to mineral fertilizer: effects on growth and crop quality

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 700-711

  Panuccio, Maria Rosaria ^a   Papalia, Teresa ^a   Attinà, Emilio ^a   Giuffrè, Angelo ^a   Muscolo, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestate; Cucumis sativus; flavonoids; phenols; phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053860251     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2018.1520980     Document Type: Article

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