Iron form and concentration affect nutrition of container-grown Pelargonium and Calibrachoa

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 244-251

  Wik, Ron M ^a   Fisher, Paul R ^a   Kopsell, Dean A ^a   Argo, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Blackmore Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelate; Chlorosis; Fe EDDHA; Fe EDTA; Ferrous sulfate; FeSO4; Iron deficiency; Iron toxicity; Micronutrient; Peat; Soilless substrate; SPAD

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; FUNGICIDES; GROWTH KINETICS; MANGANESE; PH EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

FE-EDDHA; FERROUS SULPHATE; IRON TOXICITY;

IRON;

CHELATES; CHLOROSIS; FUNGICIDES; INCREMENTS; IRON; MANGANESE; PH;

CALIBRACHOA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM;

EID: 32344437944     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.1.244     Document Type: Article

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