Theoretical evidence for the functional benefit of root cortical aerenchyma in soils with low phosphorus availability

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 829-841

  Postma, Johannes A ^a   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon economy; functional structural modelling; Phaseolus vulgaris; phosphorus deficiency; root cortical aerenchyma; SimRoot; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

CULTIVAR; FOOD SECURITY; GENETIC VARIATION; LEGUME; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS; REMOBILIZATION; ROOT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHASEOLUS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79954475710     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq199     Document Type: Article

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