Plant growth - resource or strategy limited: Insights from responses to gibberellin

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-588

  Parsons, A J ^a   Rasmussen, S ^b   Liu, Q ^b   Xue, H ^b   Ball, C ^a   Shaw, C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gibberellin; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Growth strategy; Nitrogen use efficiency; Resource limitation; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER; GERMPLASM; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; LEACHING; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; PLANT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASON;

LOLIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84886583744     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12035     Document Type: Article

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