Radiation capture and radiation use efficiency in response to N supply for crop species with contrasting canopies

Field Crops Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-134

  Fletcher, Andrew L ^a   Johnstone, Paul R ^a   Chakwizira, Emmanuel ^a   Brown, Hamish E ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forage rape; Forage sorghum; Leaf area index; Leaf structure; Specific leaf N; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FORAGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION BALANCE; SORGHUM; WHEAT;

EID: 84880976135     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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