Setting good practices to assess the efficiency of iron fertilizers

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-488

  El Jendoubi, Hamdi ^a   Melgar, Juan Carlos ^a   Álvarez Fernández, Ana ^a   Sanz, Manuel ^a   Abadía, Anunciación ^a   Abadía, Javier ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit trees; Iron chlorosis; Iron deficiency; Iron fertilization; SPAD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955146645     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.02.013     Document Type: Review

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