Age versus stage: Does ontogeny modify the effect of phosphorus and arbuscular mycorrhizas on above- and below-ground defence in forage sorghum?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 929-942

  Miller, Rebecca E ^a,b   Gleadow, Roslyn M ^a   Cavagnaro, Timothy R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanogenesis; Dhurrin; Nitrogen; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant defence; Resource allocation; Roots

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SORGHUM;

ARBUSCULAR;

DHURRIN; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOMASS; CYANOGENESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT; PLANT DEFENCE; PLANT ROOT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOTS; SORGHUM;

CYANOGENESIS; DHURRIN; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT DEFENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOTS;

BIOMASS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SORGHUM;

EID: 84896724563     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12209     Document Type: Article

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