Potassium : improvement of quality in fruits and vegetables through hydroponic nutrient management /

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Imprint:London, England : IntechOpen, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource (108 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14125650
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Varying Form of Title:Potassium
Other authors / contributors:Asaduzzaman, M., editor.
Asao, Toshiki, editor.
ISBN:1838813349
9781838813345
1789231272
9781789231274
Notes:Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 14, 2022).
Summary:The book Potassium - Improvement of Quality in Fruits and Vegetables Through Hydroponic Nutrient Management provides useful information regarding potassium nutrition management in hydroponic cultivation, which will help in producing quality horticultural crops. The first few chapters describe the role of potassium nutrition in plants, its interaction with other nutrients, its source fertilizers, the role in postharvest produce qualities, and human nutrition. Potassium fertilizer management, its metabolism in plants, and cultivation techniques of fruits and leafy vegetables are also included in the middle section. The final chapter illustrates the software development for the calculation of hydroponic nutrients including potassium for easy management of cultural solution. As a whole, this book covers several major aspects on the topic for making it a complete and useful resource.
Other form:1-78923-126-4