An appraisal of copper, zinc and iron accumulation at different grain locations within a spike of wheat

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1370-1374

  Houshmandfar, Alireza ^a   Asli, Davood Eradatmand ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Grain filling; Micronutrients; Spike; Spikelet; Triticum aestivum L

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79960391912     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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