Optimum timing of potassium nitrate spray applications to 'French' prune trees

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 326-333

  Southnick, S M ^a   Olson, W ^b   Yeager, J ^a   Weis, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy potassium relationship; Dieback; KNO3; Nutritional deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012529592     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.2.326     Document Type: Article

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