Salinity-induced stress in greenhouse crops is alleviated by potassium nitrate-enhanced nutrition

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 609, Issue , 2003, Pages 341-347

  Achilea, O ^a  

^a Haifa Chemicals Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Chloride; Lettuce; Nitrate; Potassium; Sodium; Tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349102760     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2003.609.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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