Modelling diverse root density dynamics and deep nitrogen uptake-a simple approach

Plant and Soil

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 493-510

  Pedersen, Anders ^a,b   Zhang, Kefeng ^c   Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^b   Jensen, Lars S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU_rotateN; Root depth; Root distribution; Root model; Vegetable crops; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHEAT;

ALLIUM PORRUM; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 72149102413     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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