Nitrate uptake and nitrogen use efficiency of two sweetpotato genotypes during early stages of storage root formation

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 814-820

  Villagarcia, Margarita R ^a   Collins, Wanda W ^a   Raper Jr , C David ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Fibrous roots; Growth rate; Ipomoea batatas; Nitrogen accumulation; Starch; Storage roots

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031880549     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.5.814     Document Type: Article

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