Upland rice root characteristics and their relationship to nitrogen uptake

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Zaharah, A R ^a   Hanafi, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nitrogen derived from fertilizer; Nitrogen fertilizer; Nitrogen use efficiency; Root architecture; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549129076     PISSN: 15113701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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