Root architecture and biomass allocation of three range grasses in response to nonuniform supply of nutrients and shoot defoliation

New Phytologist

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 373-385

  Arredondo, J T ^a,b   Johnson, D A ^a,b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agropyron cristatum; Agropyron desertorum; Biomass allocation; Bromus tectorum; Plasticity; Pseudoroegneria spicata; Root architecture

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BIOMASS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; NUTRIENT; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA; ROOTING; SIZE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM;

EID: 0032802433     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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