Relationships between nitrogen and water concentration in shoot tissue of Molinia caerulea during shoot development

Annals of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 631-636

  Thornton, B ^a   Lemaire, G ^b   Millard, P ^a   Duff, E I ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molinia caerulea (L.); Nitrogen; Purple moor grass; Shoot development; Water content

Indexed keywords

MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 0033043818     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0872     Document Type: Article

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