Foliar mineral nutrient uptake in carnivorous plants: What do we know and what should we know?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Adamec, Lubomír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84895757792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00010     Document Type: Note

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