A survey of mineral composition of weed seeds

Weed Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-86

  Tanji, A ^a   Elgharous, M ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; SEED; TRACE ELEMENT; WEED;

MOROCCO;

AVENA SATIVA; BETA MACROCARPA; CHENOPODIUM MURALE; DIPLOTAXIS TENUISILIQUA; DIPLOTAXIS TENUISILIQUE; HORDEUM BULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DURUM;

EID: 0031804859     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3180.1998.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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