Effect of foliar application of chitosan on growth and yield in okra

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 918-921

  Mondal, M M A ^a,b   Malek, M A ^a,b   Puteh, A B ^a   Ismail, M R ^a   Ashrafuzzaman, M ^c   Naher, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR AGRICULTURE   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Foliar spray; Fruit yield; Growth okra

Indexed keywords

ABELMOSCHUS;

EID: 84867167713     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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