Root based approaches to improving nitrogen use efficiency in plants

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1272-1283

  Garnett, Trevor ^a   Conn, Vanessa ^a   Kaiser, Brent N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FERTILIZER; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; ROOT; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL;

EID: 68249117097     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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