Comparing different approaches to calculate the effects of heterogeneous root distribution on nutrient uptake: A case study on subsoil nitrate uptake by a barley root system

Plant and Soil

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 145-159

  Kohl, Michael ^a   Böttcher, Ulf ^a   Kage, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hordeum vulgare L.; Model; Nutrient uptake; Root distribution; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; FIELD METHOD; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT COMPETITION; ROOT SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 34548654342     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9347-9     Document Type: Article

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