Root growth dynamics of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) seedlings in relation to shoot elongation, plant size and tissue nitrogen concentration

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 899-908

  Cuesta, Bárbara ^a   Vega, Jesús ^a   Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a   Rey Benayas, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrogen content; Rhizotron; Root elongation; Shoot growth; Sink source relations; Water potential

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN CONTENT; RHIZOTRON; ROOT ELONGATION; SHOOT GROWTH; SINK-SOURCE RELATIONS; WATER POTENTIAL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; ELONGATION; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; TISSUE; WATER CONTENT; WATER RESOURCES;

SEED;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 77956660152     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0459-0     Document Type: Article

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