Supplementary potassium nitrate improves salt tolerance in bell pepper plants

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1367-1382

  Kaya, Cengiz ^a   Higgs, David ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bell pepper; Biomass; Fruit yield; Potassium nitrate; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0037870652     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PLN-120021048     Document Type: Article

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