Drying the surface soil reduces the nitrogen content of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) through a reduction in nitrogen fixation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 351-362

  Abdelhamid, Magdi T ^a,c   Palta, Jairo A ^b,c   Veneklaas, Erik J ^c   Atkins, Craig ^c   Turner, Neil C ^c   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospherically derived nitrogen; Gas exchange; Partial soil drying; Root system; Segmented soil column system; Water relations

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; SOWING; WATER RELATIONS;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 78651466176     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0586-9     Document Type: Article

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