Response of apple trees to boron fertilization under conditions of low soil boron availability

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Wojcik, Pawel ^a   Wojcik, Marzena ^b   Klamkowski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

^b CENTRE OF MOLECULAR AND MACROMOLECULAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apple trees; Physiological and enzymatic responses; Soil and foliar boron fertilization

Indexed keywords

BORON; BUDBURST; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 39049163426     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.10.032     Document Type: Article

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