Effect of zinc nutrition on growth, yield, and quality of forage sorghum in respect with increasing potassium application rates

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2062-2081

  Moinuddin, ^a   Imas, Patricia ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b International Potash Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forage sorghum; Growth and other physiological attributes; K and zinc levels; Yield and quality attributes; Yield economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958169828     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2010.519081     Document Type: Article

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