Phytotoxic doses of boron in contrasting soils depend on soil water content

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-82

  Mertens, Jelle ^a   Van Laer, Liesbeth ^a,b   Salaets, Peter ^a   Smolders, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barley root elongation; Boron; Soil; Solubility; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BORON; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; PHYTOTOXICITY; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; SOLUBILITY;

HORDEUM;

EID: 79954472588     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0666-x     Document Type: Article

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