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Drip-irrigated tomatoes received three N application rates and two irrigation treatments
A smaller amount of N was taken up by the plant when irrigated with 32.3 as compared to 16.8 cm of water for each N application rate.This is presumably because the extra water leached some of the N below the root zone. On the other hand, higher head weight was achieved under 32.3 as compared…
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Harvesting fresh asparagus is laborintensive because each spear is hand cut individually
Individual commodities, however, have fared very differently. Between 1990–92 and 2008–10, average U.S. fresh-market asparagus production declined 50%, while fresh-market strawberry production increased 137%. The U.S. produce industry competes with producers in many other countries with lower farm wages, and imports are increasing as a share of U.S. consumption—up 152% for fresh fruit and 109%…