Grassland species show similar strategies for sulphur and nitrogen acquisition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 113-126

  Legay, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Personeni, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Slezack Deschaumes, Sophie ^d,e   Piutti, Séverine ^d,e   Cliquet, Jean Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b University Caen UMR INRA UCBN 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Arylsulphatase; Plant N strategies; Sulphate uptake capacity; Sulphur acquisition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFUR;

EID: 84893748473     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1949-9     Document Type: Article

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