Accumulation of iron, copper, manganese and nickel during maize grain maturation

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Horvatic M ^a   Gacic M ^a   Vedrina Dragojevic I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Copper; Iron; Manganese; Maturation of maize; Nickel

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; MAIZE; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NUTRIENT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344889057     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037X.1999.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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