Interactions between aluminium, iron and silicon in Cucumber sativus L. grown under acidic conditions

Nikolai P Bityutskii1, Kirill L Yakkonen1, Anastasiya I Petrova1

  • 1Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia.

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