Absorption, translocation, and assimilation of foliar-applied urea compared with nitrate and ammonium in tomato plants

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 609-616

  Tan, Xue Wen ^a   Ikeda, Hideo ^a   Oda, Masayuki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Leaf injury; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nitrogen; Urea

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0344069598     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10415824     Document Type: Article

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