Usefulness of foliar nitrogen-sulfur ratio in spring red wheat

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1612-1623

  Calvo, Nahuel Ignacio Reussi ^a   Echeverría, Hernán Eduardo ^b,c   Rozas, Hernán Sainz ^a,b,c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; N:S ratio; Spring red wheat; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 49549109176     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160802244829     Document Type: Article

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