Nutritional reference values for Opuntia ficus-indica determined by means of the boundary-line approach

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 927-934

  Blanco Macías, Fidel ^a,b   Magallanes Quintanar, Rafael ^c   Valdez Cepeda, Ricardo D ^a,c   Vázquez Alvarado, Rigoberto ^b   Olivares Sáenz, Emilio ^b   Gutiérrez Ornelas, Erasmo ^b   Vidales Contreras, Juan A ^b   Murillo Amador, Bernardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BLA standards; CND norms; Nutrient norms; Plant nutrition; Yield

Indexed keywords

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 78649795608     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200900147     Document Type: Article

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