Radiation interception and the accumulation of biomass and nitrogen by soybean and three tropical annual forage legumes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-112

  Pengelly, B C ^a   Blamey, F P C ^b   Muchow, R C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation; N partitioning; N accumulation; Phasey bean; Radiation use efficiency; Sesbania; Soybean; Specific leaf nitrogen; Vigna

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; INTERCEPTION; LEGUME; NITROGEN;

AUSTRALIA;

GLYCINE MAX; MACROPTILIUM LATHYROIDES; MACROPTILUM LATHYROIDES; SESBANIA CANNABINA; VIGNA TRILOBATA;

EID: 0032875433     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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