Key minerals influencing apple quality in Chinese orchard identified by nutritional diagnosis of leaf and soil analysis

We investigated the correlation between leaf/soil minerals and fruit quality in apple trees grown in orchards, with the ultimate goal of improving the latter. Leaf mineral nutrients; soil nutrients in the 0–20, 20–40, and 40–60 cm layers; and fruit quality traits in 32 apple orchards in China were m...

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Main Authors: Guo-yi WANG, Xin-zhong ZHANG, Yi WANG, Xue-feng XU, Zhen-hai HAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311914608777