Misleading Zinc deficiency diagnoses in pome fruit and inappropriate use of foliar Zinc sprays

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 594, Issue , 2002, Pages 363-368

  Sanchez E E ^a   Righetti, T L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malus domestica; Micronutrients; Mineral nutrition; Pyrus communis

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844445247     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.594.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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