Plant growth and development of bush tea as affected by nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrition

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1898-1901

  Mudau, Nixwell F ^a   Soundy, Puffy ^b   Du Toit, Elsa S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Athrixia phylicoides

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FOAMS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ATHRIXIA PHYLICOIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BLOOD; FOAM; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM;

ASTERACEAE; ATHRIXIA;

EID: 24944514525     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1898     Document Type: Article

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