Root-shoot ratio as indicator of zinc uptake efficiency of different potato cultivars

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 919-932

  Trehan, S P ^a   Sharma, R C ^a  

^a CENTRAL POTATO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion; DTPA Zn; K influx; K uptake; Mass flow; Root Shoot ratio; Solanum tuberosum L; Zn influx

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POTATO; SOIL FERTILIZATION;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037734055     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120019099     Document Type: Article

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