Selecting matched root architecture in tree pairs to be used for assessing N2 fixation based on soil-15N-labelling

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-79

  Nasr, Hafedh ^a   Ghorbel, Mohamed Habib ^b   Wallander, Håkan ^c   Dommergues, Yvon Reń ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Coarse roots; Fine roots; Frankia; Rhizobium; Root nodule

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FRANKIA; RHIZOBIUM; SILIQUA;

EID: 16844386802     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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