Low root temperature retardation of the mineral nitrogen induced decline in N2 fixation by a northern ecotype of white clover

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 615-621

  Svenning, M M ^a   Macduff, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ammonium; nitrate; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen uptake; root temperature; trifolium repens L.; White clover

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0029776488     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0077     Document Type: Article

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