Optimal leaf-to-root ratio and leaf nitrogen content determined by light and nitrogen availabilities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Sugiura, Daisuke ^a   Tateno, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ACER; ACER BUERGERIANUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORUS BOMBYCIS; MULBERRY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PREDICTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACER BUERGERIANUM; MORUS BOMBYCIS;

ACER; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORUS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 79960192609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022236     Document Type: Article

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