Increasing Se concentration in maize grain with soil- or foliar-applied selenite on the Loess Plateau in China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 83-90

  Wang, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Zhaohui ^a   Mao, Hui ^a   Zhao, Hubing ^a   Huang, Donglin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foliar application; Grain; Maize; Recovery; Se; Soil application

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELDWORK; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; NUTRITION; PHYTOMASS; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84880574479     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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