Effect of localized placement of nutrients on root competition in self- thinning populations

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-364

  Morris, E C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Localized placement of nutrients; Ocimum basilicum; root competition; root shoot allocation; self thinning; shoot competition; sweet basil

Indexed keywords

BASILICUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 0029928309     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0130     Document Type: Article

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