Phosphorus mobilisation to uneconomic tissues and effects of bunch trimming regimes in banana

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-32

  Kurien, S ^a   Anil, B K ^a   Rajeevan, P K ^a   Bharathan, V ^a   Krishnan, S ^a  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bunch; Counts per minute; Finger; Liquid scintillation counter; Maturity; Musa; Radiotracer technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034614661     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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