Yield and chemical composition of tobacco leaves of different cultivars as affected by four levels of potassium chloride

Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-133

  Gul, Hamid ^a   Khattak, Riaz A ^b   Muhammad, Dost ^b  

^a Pakistan Tobacco Board ^*  (Pakistan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chloride toxicity; Flue cured cultivars; Nicotiana tabacum; Phytotoxicity; Potassium chloride; Tobacco cultivars; Tobacco cultivation; Tobacco leaves

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TOBACCO;

ASIA; EURASIA; MARDAN; NORTH-WEST FRONTIER; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33947540247     PISSN: 00309885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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