Foliar fertilization of peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) with different iron formulations: Effects on re-greening, iron concentration and mineral composition in treated and untreated leaf surfaces

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Fernández, Victoria ^a   Del Río, Victor ^a   Pumariño, Lorena ^a   Igartua, Ernesto ^a   Abadía, Javier ^a   Abadía, Anunciación ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foliar fertilization; Foliar uptake; Iron chelates; Iron chlorosis; Iron deficiency; Leaf penetration; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHELATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRON; LEAF; MINERAL; SURFACTANT;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 45849135229     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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