Silicon absorption by wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Rafi, Malik M ^a   Epstein, Emanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Silicon absorption; Transport; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032697193     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004600611582     Document Type: Article

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