Defoliation and the availability of currently assimilated carbon in the Phleum pratense rhizosphere

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1869-1874

  Mikola, Juha ^a   Kytöviita, Minna Maarit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Carbon assimilates; Defoliation; Phleum pratense; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFOLIATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RHIZOSPHERE;

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0036968112     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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