Growth and nitrogen uptake by Agropyron desertorum and Pseudoroegneria spicata when exposed to nitrate pulses of different duration

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 637-642

  Cui, M ^a   Caldwell, M M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed culture; Monoculture; Root shoot ratio

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITROGEN;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; AGROYRON DESERTORUM; POACEAE; PSEUDOROEGNERIA; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA;

EID: 0031440680     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP97039     Document Type: Article

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