Wheat roots proliferate in response to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilisers in Sodosol and Vertosol soils of south-eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-102

  Officer, S J ^a   Dunbabin, V M ^b   Armstrong, R D ^a   Norton, R M ^c   Kearney, G A ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; ALKALINE SOILS; DIAMETER CLASS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FERTILISER; FERTILISERS; FINE ROOTS; GRAIN PRODUCTIONS; GROWTH STAGES; INTACT CORES; NUTRIENT ACQUISITIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RAINFED; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOODS; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOT GROWTHS; ROOT LENGTH DENSITIES; ROOT LENGTHS; ROOT RESPONSE; ROOT SYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; SHOOT GROWTHS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL TYPES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERTOSOL; WHEAT PLANTS; WHEAT ROOTS;

FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; GROWTH RESPONSE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT; ROOT SYSTEM; STEM; WHEAT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 60749097807     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR08089     Document Type: Article

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