Role of mineral nutrients in photosynthesis and yield formation

Mineral Nutrition of Crops: Fundamental Mechanisms and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 141-168

  Çakmak, Ismail ^a   Engels, Christof ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Deficiency; Nutrients; Partitioning; Phloem; Pho tosynthesis; Sink; Transport; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85209476172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781003578468-6     Document Type: Chapter

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