Potassium substitution by sodium in plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-413

  Wakeel, Abdul ^a,b   Farooq, Muhammad ^b   Qadir, Manzoor ^c,d   Schubert, Sven ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c United Nations University Institute for Water   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Halophytic plants; K + fixing soils; Potassium; Sodium; Substitution

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79960998482     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.587728     Document Type: Review

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