Zinc sulfate is more effective at producing wheat shoots than zinc oxide in an alkaline soil but both sources are equally effective in an acid soil

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1615-1620

  Brennan, R F ^a   Bolland, M D A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ALKALINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SHOOT GROWTH; SOIL TYPE; WHEAT; ZINC;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33751065891     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05071     Document Type: Article

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