Effect of mulching and fertilization on the quality of strawberries

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 256-267

  Moor, Ulvi ^a   Karp, Kadri ^a   Põldma, Priit ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Crop quality; Fertilizers; Fragaria ananassa; Fruit cracking; Mulching; Strawberries; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 9644288117     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/1239099042643062     Document Type: Article

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