Enhancing crop yield with the use of N-based fertilizers co-applied with plant hormones or growth regulators

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1777-1785

  Zaman, Mohammad ^a,d   Kurepin, Leonid V ^b   Catto, Warwick ^a   Pharis, Richard P ^c  

^a Ballance Agri Nutrients Limited   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Auxins; Cytokinins; Ethylene; Gibberellins; Glycine betaine; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BETAINE; CYTOKININ; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; FERTILIZER; GIBBERELLIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYAMINE; UREA;

CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BETAINE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYTOKININS; ETHYLENES; FERTILIZERS; GIBBERELLINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLYAMINES; UREA;

EID: 84930663232     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6938     Document Type: Review

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