Tomato response to legume cover crop and nitrogen: Differing enhancement patterns of fruit yield, photosynthesis and gene expression

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-254

  Fatima, Tahira ^a,b   Teasdale, John R ^a   Bunce, Jim ^a   Mattoo, Autar K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomass; nitrogen; plant growth; Solanum lycopersicum; sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; LEGUME; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SENESCENCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; TOXICITY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 84858779161     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11240     Document Type: Article

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