Patterns of plant biomass partitioning depend on Nitrogen source

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cambui, Camila Aguetoni ^a   Svennerstam, Henrik ^a   Gruffman, Linda ^a   Nordin, Annika ^a   Ganeteg, Ulrika ^a   Näsholm, Torgny ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

EID: 79955528731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019211     Document Type: Article

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