Potassium nutrition of soybeans and corn

The Role of Potassium in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 447-468

  Pesek, John ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn yield; Environmental factors; Grain crops; Potassium fertilizer; Potassium nutrition; Soybeans yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003391720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1968.roleofpotassium.c20     Document Type: Chapter

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