Nitrogen and genotype effects on root growth and root survivorship of spring wheat

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 561-571

  Herrera, Juan M ^a   Noulas, Christos ^b   Feil, Boy ^a   Stamp, Peter ^a   Liedgens, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Minirhizotrons; Nitrogen fertilizer; Nitrogen uptake; Root senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880655839     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201100334     Document Type: Article

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