Root Physiological and Morphological Characteristics of Two Rice Cultivars with Different Nitrogen-Use Efficiency

Pedosphere

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-455

  FAN, Jian Bo ^a,b   ZHANG, Ya Li ^a   TURNER, D ^c   DUAN, Yin Hua ^a   WANG, Dong Sheng ^a   SHEN, Qi Rong ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

N accumulation; root bleeding rate; root dry weight; root surface area; total root length

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CULTIVAR; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM;

EID: 77954065993     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(10)60034-3     Document Type: Article

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