Micronutrient constraints to crop production in the middle east-west Asia region: Significance, research, and management

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-84

  Ryan, John ^a   Rashid, Abdul ^b   Torrent, José ^c   Yau, Sui Kwong ^d   Ibrikci, Hayriye ^e   Sommer, Rolf ^a   Erenoglu, Emin Bulent ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b PAK Academy of Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^e CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boron; Calcareous soils; Deficiency; Iron; Management; Micronutrients; Middle East West Asia; Toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883770863     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417187-9.00001-2     Document Type: Chapter

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