Effects of controlled-release fertilizer application rates on frond color and biomass production of an arsenic hyperaccumulating fern

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 659, Issue , 2004, Pages 693-696

  Stamps, Robert H ^a   Rock, Diane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Dry weight; SPAD; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649914223     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.659.90     Document Type: Conference Paper

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