Soil and foliar chemistry associated with potassium deficiency in Pinus radiata

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1093-1105

  Smethurst, Philip ^a   Knowles, Andrew ^b   Churchill, Keith ^a   Wilkinson, Ann ^b   Lyons, Arthur ^c  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CRC for Forestry and Private Forests Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SOILS;

FOLIAR CHEMISTRY; HYDROPONIC CONCENTRATIONS; POTASSIUM DEFICIENCY; TEMPORAL PATTERNS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROPONICS; POTASSIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WEED CONTROL;

FORESTRY; PINUS RADIATA; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SOIL;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 34948856319     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-307     Document Type: Article

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