Effect of potassium on drought tolerance in potato cv. Agria

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 236-241

  Khosravifar, S ^a   Yarnia, M ^a   Khorshidi Benam, M B ^b   Hosseinzadeh Moghbeli, A H ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drought; Leaf relative water content; Leaf water potential; Potassium; Stomatal resistance; Tuber yield

Indexed keywords

AGRIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 55249084683     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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