Effect of foliar fertilization application on the growth and mineral nutrient content of maize seedlings under drought and salinity

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-141

  Hu, Yuncai ^a   Burucs, Zoltan ^b   Schmidhalter, Urs ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Drought; Foliar fertilization; Leaves; Maize seedling; Mineral nutrients; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38049090528     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2007.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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