Modelling the uptake of nitrate by a growing plant with an adjustable root nitrate uptake capacity: I. Model description

Plant and Soil

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-23

  Buysse, Jan ^a   Smolders, Erik ^a   Merckx, Roel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Model; Nitrate; Plant growth; Spinach; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029812801     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011287     Document Type: Article

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