Effect of foliar and soil application of urea on leaf nutrients concentrations, yield and fruit quality of pomegranate

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 749-755

  Hasani, Mohammad ^a   Zamani, Zabihollah ^a   Savaghebi, Gholamreza ^a   Sofla, Hosein Sheikh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

100 arils weight; fruit size; Nitrogen; TSS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976303067     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2015.1047525     Document Type: Article

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