Restricted root-to-shoot translocation and decreased sink size are responsible for limited nitrogen uptake in three grass species under water deficit

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 258-267

  Gonzalez Dugo, V ^c   Durand, J L ^a   Gastal, F ^a   Bariac, T ^b   Poincheval, J ^a  

^a French Natl Inst Agr Res INRA   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata; Festuca arundinacea; Growth; Lolium multiflorum; Nitrogen concentration; Split root

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL; BIOACCUMULATION; DROUGHT STRESS; GRASS; GROWTH; MINERAL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSLOCATION; TRANSPIRATION;

ITALY;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 81555209695     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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