A critical test of the two prevailing theories of plant response to nutrient availability

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-152

  Rubio, Gerardo ^a,b   Zhu, Jinming ^a   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Law of the minimum; Lemna minor; Magnesium; Multiple limitation hypothesis; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Plant resources; Potassium

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 0842267352     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.1.143     Document Type: Article

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