SPAD values and nitrogen nutrition index for the evaluation of rice nitrogen status

Plant Production Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-92

  Yang, Hu ^a   Yang, Jingping ^a   Lv, Yamin ^a   He, Junjun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Leaf position; Nitrogen nutrition index; Rice; SPAD values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892750944     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.17.81     Document Type: Article

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