Variability in Response to Zinc Application in 10 High-Yielding Wheat Varieties

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1930-1937

  Gopal, Rajeev ^a   Nautiyal, Nirmala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Foliar spray; grain yield; grain Zn concentration; wheat; zinc application

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SULFATE; WHEAT; ZINC;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84863830182     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.689400     Document Type: Article

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