Predicting nitrogen, magnesium and iron nutritional status in some perennial crops using a portable chlorophyll meter

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 339-348

  Shaahan, Mahmoud M ^a   El Sayed, A A ^a   Abou El Nour, E A A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Horticultural crops; Iron; Magnesium; N Tester; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033599050     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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