Dynamic root growth and architecture responses to limiting nutrient availability: Linking physiological models and experimentation

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-65

  Postma, Johannes A ^a   Schurr, Ulrich ^a   Fiorani, Fabio ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Biomass allocation; Low fertility soils; Modeling; Non invasive; Nutrient uptake; Phenotyping; Resource use efficiency; Root architecture; Root growth

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOW FERTILITY SOILS; MODEL; NON-INVASIVE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY; REVIEW; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT GROWTH; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; LOW FERTILITY SOILS; MODELING; NON-INVASIVE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPING; RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT GROWTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895070352     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.08.019     Document Type: Review

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