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Original article

Phosphorus ameliorates crop productivity, photosynthesis, nitrate reductase activity and nutrient accumulation in coffee senna (Senna occidentalis L.) under phosphorus-deficient soil

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Pages 145-153 | Received 01 Apr 2008, Published online: 14 May 2009

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