Growth, nutrition, and photosynthetic response of black walnut to varying nitrogen sources and rates

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1917-1936

  Nicodemus, Michael A ^a   Salifu, Francis K ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Chlorophyll; Juglans nigra; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA;

EID: 52049103177     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160802402856     Document Type: Article

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