Enhanced Selenium Content in Sweet Basil (Ocimum Basilicum L.) by Foliar Fertilization

Vegetable Crops Research Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue , 2008, Pages 63-72

  Hawrylak Nowak, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

foliar application; selenium; sweet basil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904053019     PISSN: 15069427     EISSN: 18987761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10032-008-0021-4     Document Type: Article

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