Application of nitrogen in NO3-form increases rhizosphere alkalisation in the subsurface soil layers in an acid soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 403-416

  Weligama, C ^a   Tang, C ^a   Sale, P W G ^a   Conyers, M K ^b   Liu, D L ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N use efficiency; Acidity management; Localised P; Root soil interactions; Shoot root ratio

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ALKALINIZATION; ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOTYPE; LEACHING; LIME; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; REMEDIATION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL COLUMN; TOLERANCE; TOPSOIL; UREA; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77954688912     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0356-8     Document Type: Article

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