Root architecture affects nitrate leaching from bentgrass turf

Crop Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1633-1639

  Bowman, D C ^a   Devitt, D A ^b   Engelke, M C ^c   Rufty Jr , T W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMMONIUM NITRATE; GENOTYPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOTING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGROSTIS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0032447708     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800060036x     Document Type: Article

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