Nutrient use efficiency and agro-economic performance of onion (Allium cepa L.) under combined applications of N, K and S nutrients

Vegetos

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 117-127

  Bezabih, Teklay Tesfay ^a   Girmay, Selamawit ^a  

^a AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bulb yield; Economic analysis; Nutrient uptake; Nutrient use efficiency; Onion growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85077274318     PISSN: 09704078     EISSN: 22294473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s42535-019-00087-4     Document Type: Article

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