Growth response of the salt-sensitive and the salt-tolerant sugarcane genotypes to potassium nutrition under salt stress

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-398

  Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Afzal, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Rashid ^b   Maqsood, Muhammad A ^b   Shahzad, Sher M ^a   Tahir, Mukkram A ^a   Akhtar, Naeem ^a   Aziz, Ahsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

cane yield; genotypes; juice quality; potassium; salt stress; sugarcane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860723218     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2010.529609     Document Type: Article

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