Horticulture is not merely the art of growing plants, but that of growing plants for profit. Therefore when we study the effect of an environmental factor or a growing procedure on a horticultural crop, our main criterion is often not growth but a marketable yield.
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Abraham H. Halevy (1972) studied this question.
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