Early vigorous growth is a major factor influencing nitrogen uptake in wheat

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-129

  Liao, Mingtan ^a   Fillery, Ian R P ^a   Palta, Jairo A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early vigour; Nitrate reductase activity; Relative growth rate; Specific NO3 absorption rate; Triticum aestivum; Uptake efficiency of fertiliser N

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN;

BREEDING LINES; PLANT GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1842528065     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP03060     Document Type: Article

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