A nitrogen-led model of grass growth

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-178

  Sheehy, J E ^a,b   Gastal, F ^c   Mitchell, P L ^d   Durand, J L ^c   Lemaire, G ^c   Woodward, F I ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b Creative Scientific Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Grass growth; Mathematical model; Nitrogen use; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH; MODELLING; NITROGEN;

EID: 0029668092     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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