Necessity for whole tree excavations in determining patterns and magnitude of macronutrient uptake by mature deciduous fruit trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 564, Issue , 2001, Pages 41-49

  Weinbaum, S A ^a   Brown, P H ^a   Rosecrance, R C ^a   Picchioni, G A ^a   Niederholzer, F J A ^a   Youseffi, F ^a   Muraoka, T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N isotope; Crop nutrient removal; Leaf analysis; Over fertilization; Yield responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149135035     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.564.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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