Comparative boron nutritional diagnosis for olive based on july and january leaf samplings

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-720

  Arrobas, Margarida Pereira ^a   Lopes, João Ilídio ^b   Pavão, Francisco Manuel ^c   Cabanas, José Eduardo ^a   Rodrigues, Manuel Ângelo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Directorate of Agricultura and Fisheries of the North Region (DRAPN)   (Portugal)

^c Association of the Olive Oil Producers of Trás os Montes AOTAD   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biennial bearing; Leaf boron analysis; Leaf sampling date; Olive (Olea europaea L.); Rainfed olive orchards

Indexed keywords

BORON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; FIELDWORK; FRUIT; HARVESTING; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORCHARD; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SHRUB;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 77950885870     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620903563949     Document Type: Article

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