Response of wheat to applied supplemental potassium in saline sodic soil

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 823-826

  Mehdi, Shahzada Munawar ^a   Sarfraz, Muhammad ^a   Shah, Syed Adeel Akhtar ^b  

^a Soil Salinity Research Institute Punjab   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Grain and straw yield; Growth parameters; Potassium application; Saline sodic soil

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAIN YIELD; HARVEST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SALINITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; SOWING; STRAW; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34948907898     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.823.826     Document Type: Article

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