paper about foliar fertilizers

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greenfig
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paper about foliar fertilizers

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https://journals.ashs.org/downloadpdf/j ... e-p288.pdf

The authors discuss nitrogen sprays. From the Abstract:

... Results show that foliar N fertilization increased fruit yield (by 17% to 44%) and number of fruits per tree (by 15% to 38%). The highest fruit yields (17.8 and 21.9 kg/tree) and number of fruits per tree (62.8 and 70.1/tree) were obtained with the treatment nN2 (1.8 kg N/ha), whereas the lowest fruit yields (12.4 and 16.2 kg/ tree) and number of fruits per tree (45.5 and 55.3/tree) were recorded in the control trees. ...
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Re: paper about foliar fertilizers

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Thanks for sharing, I look forward to reading this.

It's a good reminder that I need to get out there and foliar feed before it gets too hot!
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