Root interactions between intercropped legumes and non-legumes-a competition study of red clover and red beet at different nitrogen levels

Plant and Soil

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 59-72

  Andersen, Sally Nordlund ^a   Dresbøll, Dorte Bodin ^a   Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Land Equivalent Ratio; Mixed cropping; Rhizotron; Root intensity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; NITROGEN CYCLE; ROOT COMPETITION;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 84898899924     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-2014-4     Document Type: Article

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