Dry matter and nitrogen accumulation and root morphological characteristics of two clonal selections of 'Russet Norkotah' potato as affected by nitrogen fertilization

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2243-2253

  Sharifi, Mehdi ^a   Zebarth, Bernie J ^b   Hajabbasi, Mohammad A ^a   Kalbasi, Mahmoud ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Root density; Root diameter; Root dry weight; Root length; Solanum tuberosum L.; Tuber yield

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 28444445105     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160500323552     Document Type: Article

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