Assess Yield and Physiological Parameters of Lettuce Affected Different Types and Amounts of Some Organic Wastes

Subject Areas : Journal of Crop Nutrition Science

Somaieh Afsari Yeganeh ¹ , Ahmad Golchin ² , Mojtaba Delshad ³ , Vahid Abdossi ⁴

1 - Department of Horticultural Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Soil Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
4 - Department of Horticultural Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2018-03-19 Accepted : 2018-05-20 Published : 2018-06-23

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