Calibration and categorization of plant available silicon in rice soils of South India

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1237-1254

  Narayanaswamy, C ^a   Prakash, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium silicate; Calibration; Categorization; Extractants; Plant analysis; Relative yield; Rice; Silicon; Soiltesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449382305     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160903005970     Document Type: Article

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