The significance of magnesium for crop quality

Plant and Soil

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 101-128

  Gerendás, Jóska ^a   Führs, Hendrik ^a  

^a KS Kali GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon partitioning; Cation balance; External quality; Internal quality; Nutrient function; Physiology; Storage quality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROP YIELD; HORTICULTURE; MAGNESIUM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 84879164633     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1555-2     Document Type: Article

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