Nitrogen fertilization enhances water-use efficiency in a saline environment

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-357

  Martin, Katherine C ^a   Bruhn, Dan ^a,d   Lovelock, Catherine E ^b   Feller, Ilka C ^c   Evans, John R ^a   Ball, Marilyn C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Mangroves; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Salinity; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MANGROVE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SHOOT GROWTH; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVICENNIA; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STOMA; SALINITY;

AVICENNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SALINITY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER;

AUSTRALIA;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 77949399489     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02072.x     Document Type: Article

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