Nitrate reduction and nutrient accumulation in wheat grown in soil salinized with four different salts

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-421

  Iqbal, Naeem ^a   Ashraf, M Y ^b   Javed, Farrukh ^a   Martinez, Vicente ^c   Ahmad, Kafeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ion accumulation; Nitrate reduction; Salt tolerance; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33644982463     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160500524852     Document Type: Article

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