Carbon allocation to shoots and roots in relation to nitrogen supply is mediated by cytokinins and sucrose: Opinion

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-32

  Van Der Werf, Adrie ^b   Nagel, Oscar W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cytokinins; modelling; root weight ratio; shoot root ratio; sucrose; turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030480866     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257562     Document Type: Article

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