Alleviation of salinity - Induced stress in cash crops by multi-K (Potassium nitrate), five cases typifying the underlying pattern

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 573, Issue , 2002, Pages 43-48

  Achilea, O ^a  

^a Haifa Chemicals Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cabbage; Chloride; Grapefruit; Lettuce; Maize; Nitrate; Peanut; Potassium; Sodium; Tomato; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649914281     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.573.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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