Root segregation of C3 and C4 species using carbon isotope composition

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 879-882

  Eleki, Krisztina ^a   Cruse, Richard M ^a   Albrecht, Kenneth A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18844378933     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0170     Document Type: Article

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