Relationships between specific leaf weight and mineral concentration among genotypes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Brown, R Harold ^a   Byrd, George T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Peanut; Pearl millet; Permisetum glaucum; Specific leaf weight (leaf weight leaf area); Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030803873     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)03450-8     Document Type: Article

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