Efficacy of foliar urea as an N source in substainable Citrus production systems

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 594, Issue , 2002, Pages 611-617

  El Otmani, M ^a   Ait Oubahou, A ^a   Zahra Taibi, F ^a   Lovatt, C J ^b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate bearing; Ammonium nitrate; Citrus reticulata; Clementine; Fruit size; Leaf nitrogen; Nitrogen source; pH; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879574296     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.594.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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