Fertilization enhances growth, yield, and xanthophyll contents of marigold

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 641-648

  Ahmad, Iftikhar ^a   Asif, Muhammad ^a   Amjad, Atyab ^a   Ahmad, Sagheer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Annual flowers; Lutein; Macronutrients; Specialty cut flowers; Tagetes spp

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

ANNUAL FLOWERS; CUT FLOWERS; LUTEIN; MACRONUTRIENTS; TAGETES SPP;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWER; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEIGHT; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT; POTASSIUM; YIELD;

TAGETES; TAGETES ERECTA; TAGETES PATULA;

EID: 80355129870     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-1005-995     Document Type: Article

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