Zinc in plants - An overview

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-333

  Tsonev, Tsonko ^a   Lidon, Fernando Jose Cebola ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Pollution; Stress; Threshold of toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865654602     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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