Silicon fertilization and soil water tensions on rice development and yield
ABSTRACT The cultivation of upland rice (Oryza sativa) in Brazil occurs mainly in the Cerrado, a region with adverse weather conditions. The use of silicon in its cultivation becomes important, since this nutrient provides higher rigidity, lower transpiration and higher resistance to dry spells in r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental - Agriambi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662016000200138&lng=en&tlng=en |