Impact of nitrogen fertilizer and foliar spray of selenium on growth, yield and chemical constituents of potato plants

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1296-1303

  Yassen, A A ^a   Adam, Safia M ^b   Zaghloul, Sahar M ^a  

^a Plant Nutrition Dept   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; NPK content and uptake; Potato plants; Quality parameters; Selenium; Vegetative growth; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155179035     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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