Topsoil foraging and its role in plant competitiveness for phosphorus in common bean

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 598-607

  Rubio, Gerardo ^b   Liao, Hong ^c   Yan, Xiaolong ^c   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0037341809     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.0598     Document Type: Article

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