Impact of simulated acid rain on growth and yield of two cultivars of wheat

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 71-80

  Singh, Bhoomika ^a   Agrawal, Madhoolika ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Morphological parameters; Simulated acid rain; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SIMULATED ACID RAIN (SAR); WHEAT PLANT;

ACID RAIN;

ACID RAIN; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ACID RAIN; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SHOOT GROWTH; SIMULATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1542376137     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000015331.02874.df     Document Type: Article

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