Relationship between nitrogen uptake and use efficiency of winter wheat grown in the North China Plain

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 504-514

  Wang, R F ^a,c   An, D G ^a   Hu, C S ^a   Li, L H ^b   Zhang, Y M ^a   Jia, Y G ^a   Tong, Y P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

correlation coefficients; genotype variation; grain nitrogen concentration; nitrogen use efficiency; root dry weight; spike numbers per plant.

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; GENOTYPE; GROWING SEASON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION COST; SOIL PROFILE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79960227157     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP10383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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