Application of calcium and nitrogen for mitigating heat stress effects on potatoes

American Potato Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 261-273

  Tawfik, Ahmed A ^a,b   Kleinhenz, Matthew D ^a   Palta, Jiwan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Vegetable Seed Production and Technology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calcium nutrition; Heat stress; Leaflet calcium concentration; Membrane thermostability; Nitrogen nutrition; Russet Burbank; Solanum tuberosum; Stomatal resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029781874     PISSN: 00030589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02849276     Document Type: Article

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