The effects of foliar fertilization with iron sulfate in chlorotic leaves are limited to the treated area. A study with peach trees (Prunus persica L. Batsch) grown in the field and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) grown in hydroponics

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  El Jendoubi, Hamdi ^a   Vázquez, Saúl ^a   Calatayud, Ángeles ^b   Vavpetič, Primož ^c   Vogel Mikuš, Katarina ^d   Pelicon, Primož ^c   Abadía, Javier ^a   Abadía, Anunciación ^a   Morales, Fermín ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Foliar Fe nutrition; Leaf anatomy; Leaf chlorosis; Leaf Fe localization; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901033354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00002     Document Type: Article

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