How nitrogen supply affects growth and nitrogen uptake, use efficiency, and loss from Citrus seedlings

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Lea Cox, John D ^a,b   Syvertsen, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

15NH4; 15NO3; Ammonium nitrate; C. reticulata; C. volkameriana; Citrus aurantium; CO2 assimilation; Leaching loss; N partitioning; Poncirus trifoliata X C. paradisi; Uptake efficiency

Indexed keywords

CITRUS SPP.;

EID: 0030065260     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.1.105     Document Type: Article

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