Selenium concentration in wheat (Triticum aestivum) grain as influenced by method, rate, and timing of sodium selenate application

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-339

  Curtin, D ^a   Hanson, R ^a   Lindley, T N ^a   Butler, R C ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foliar spray; Seed treatment; Selenium application rate; Selenium fertiliser; Selenium recovery in grain; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEED TREATMENT; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SUPERPHOSPHATE; UREA; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; METHVEN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAKANUI;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33846359957     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2006.9514423     Document Type: Article

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