Response of chile pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) to salt stress and organic and inorganic nitrogen sources: I.Growth and yield

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-147

  Huez López, Marco A ^a   Ulery, April L ^b   Samani, Zohrab ^b   Picchioni, G ^b   Flynn, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf area ratio; Net assimilation rate; Relative growth rate; Yield

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 84859494966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18700462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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