Root:shoot ratios, optimization and nitrogen productivity

Annals of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 795-800

  Ågren, Göran I ^a   Franklin, Oskar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Birch; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nitrogen; Respiration; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESPIRATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO;

BETULA PENDULA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIRCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TOMATO; TREE;

BETULA; BIOMASS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; TREES;

EID: 1542548097     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg203     Document Type: Article

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