Relationships between Insufficient Potassium and Crop Maturity in Cotton

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1323-1329

  Pettigrew, W T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM;

LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI);

COTTON;

ABELMOSCHUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0141838148     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2003.1323     Document Type: Article

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