Nutritional status of commercial apple orchards in the Åland Islands

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-106

  Dris, Ramdane ^a   Niskanen, Raina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Macronutrients in fruits and leaves; Malus domestica Borkh; Soil characteristics

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032469741     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064719809362486     Document Type: Article

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