Modelling cereal root systems for water and nitrogen capture: Towards an economic optimum

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-390

  King, John ^a   Gay, Alan ^b   Sylvester Bradley, Roger ^a   Bingham, Ian ^c   Foulkes, John ^d   Gregory, Peter ^e   Robinson, David ^f  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Economic model; Hordeum vulgare; Nitrogen; Root depth; Root distribution; Triticum aestivum; Water; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

CEREAL; CROP PLANT; ECONOMICS; NUTRIENT; ROOT SYSTEM; WATER;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WHEAT;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; TRITICUM; WATER;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242515919     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg033     Document Type: Article

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