Variation in dry matter and nitrogen accumulation and remobilization in barley as affected by fertilization, cultivar, and source-sink relations

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-42

  Dordas, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dry matter partitioning; Nitrogen; Remobilization; Source sink

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; REMOBILIZATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 81155145921     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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