Improving nutritional quality of wheat through soil and foliar zinc application

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 348-352

  Bharti, K ^a   Pandey, N ^a   Shankhdhar, D ^a   Srivastava, P C ^a   Shankhdhar, Shailesh Chandra ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Methionine; Phytate to zinc molar ratio; Phytic acid; Zinc content

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84881056928     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/158/2013-pse     Document Type: Article

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