SEAWEED SAP AS AN ALTERNATIVE LIQUID FERTILIZER FOR YIELD AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF WHEAT

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-200

  Shah, Mukesh T ^a   Zodape, Sudhakar T ^a   Chaudhary, Doongar Ram ^a   Eswaran, Karuppanan ^a   Chikara, Jitendra ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

foliar spray; quality; seaweed sap; wheat; yield

Indexed keywords

GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA EDULIS; KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872568325     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2012.737886     Document Type: Article

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