Integrating plant nutrients and elicitors for production of secondary metabolites, sustainable crop production and human health: A review

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 391-402

  Luciano, Ávila Juárez ^a   Irineo, Torres Pacheco ^a   Virginia, Ocampo Velázquez Rosalía ^a   Feregrino Pérez, Ana Angélica ^a   Hernández, Andrés Cruz ^a   Gerardo, Guevara González Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elicitors; Essential chemical elements; Non essential chemical elements; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019176742     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17957/IJAB/15.0297     Document Type: Review

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