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Performance of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) in response to organic and NPK fertilizers

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment
Volume 9 (2017): Issue 1 (December 2017)
By: Ehiokhilen Kevin Eifediyi,  Samson Uduzei Remison,  Henry Emeka Ahamefule,  Kameel Olubukola Azeez and  Phillip Olumide Fesobi  
Open Access
|Dec 2017

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2017-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2068-2964
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 17
Submitted on: Jan 15, 2017
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Accepted on: Feb 21, 2017
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Published on: Dec 29, 2017
Published by: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
watermelon,
inorganic,
organic materials,
growth and yield
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Environmental chemistry,
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

© 2017 Ehiokhilen Kevin Eifediyi, Samson Uduzei Remison, Henry Emeka Ahamefule, Kameel Olubukola Azeez, Phillip Olumide Fesobi, published by Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
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