Brown seaweed species from Strangford Lough: Compositional analyses of seaweed species and biostimulant formulations by rapid instrumental methods

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1141-1157

  Shekhar, Sharma H S ^a   Lyons, G ^a   McRoberts, C ^a   McCall, D ^a   Carmichael, E ^a   Andrews, F ^a   McCormack, R ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostimulant; EDX; FTIR; Py GC MS; Seaweed; Seaweed extracts; TGA

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA HYPERBOREA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM MUTICUM;

EID: 84866117367     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9744-6     Document Type: Article

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