Effects of calcium chloride on apple fruit quality of trees grown in calcareous soil

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1451-1456

  Malakouti, Mohammad J ^a   Tabatabaei, Seyed Jalal ^a   Shahabil, Asghar ^a   Fallahi, Esmaeil ^b  

^a Soil and Water Research Institute Iran   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032811670     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904169909365726     Document Type: Article

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