Research Article | Published: 01 December 2008

Studies on variation and correlation among leaf dry matter and mineral nutrients in Grewia optiva Drummond

I. K. Thakur, Dushyant Kumar and Charan Singh

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 31 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 621-624 | 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-MY78MN | Cite this article

Abstract

Variation and correlation among leaf dry matter and mineral nutrients were studied in three diameter classes on three sites located at three different altitudes in Himachal Pradesh. Leaf dry matter and mineral nutrient content viz.; nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) among different diameter classes ranged between 42.29-57.26%, 2.40-2.95%, 0.14-0.33% and 2.37-2.64%, respectively. Significant correlations were observed for different character pairs indicating the possibility of indirect selection in the species.

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Thakur, I.K., Kumar, D. and Singh, C., 2008. Studies on variation and correlation among leaf dry matter and mineral nutrients in Grewia optiva Drummond. Indian Journal of Forestry, 31(4), pp.621-624. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2008-MY78MN

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Manuscript Published on 01 December 2008

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