Carbon (13C) uptake and allocation in pasture plants following field pulse-labelling

Plant and Soil

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-73

  Stewart, D P C ^a   Metherell, A K ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

13C recovery; Grazing intensity management; Irrigation; Root allocation; Superphosphate; Tussock

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032848501     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004668910787     Document Type: Article

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