Nitrogen nutrition and planting density effects on sunflower growth and yield: A review

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1024-1035

  Ali, Amjed ^a,b   Ahmad, Ashfaq ^b   Khaliq, Tasneem ^b   Ali, Anser ^c   Ahmad, Muhammad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c BZU Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah   (Pakistan)

^d Agriulture Adaptive Research Complex   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

N application; Nutritional and physiological significance; Plant density; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZER;

ACHENE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANOPY; DRY WEIGHT; FLOWERING; GRAIN YIELD; HARVEST; HARVEST INDEX; LEAF AREA; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LIGHT INTERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT SEED; PLANTING DENSITY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REVIEW; SUNFLOWER;

EID: 84901349684     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2013.1024.1035     Document Type: Review

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