Photosynthesis and leaf-nitrogen dynamics during leaf senescence of tropical maize cultivars in hydroponics in relation to N efficiency in the field

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 313-328

  Schulte auf'm Erley, Gunda ^a   Ambebe, Titus Fondo ^a   Worku, Mosisa ^b   Bänziger, Marianne ^c   Horst, Walter J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Bako Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^c CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

15N labelling; Genotypic variation; N deprivation; SPAD; Stay green; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVAR; FIELDWORK; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYDROPONICS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAF; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENESCENCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950340158     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0205-9     Document Type: Article

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