Developing phosphorus-efficient crop varieties-An interdisciplinary research framework

Field Crops Research

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-98

  Manschadi, Ahmad M ^a   Kaul, Hans Peter ^a   Vollmann, Johann ^a   Eitzinger, Josef ^a   Wenzel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Critical phosphorus level; Crop modelling; Gravitropism; Rhizosphere; Root architecture; Root phenotyping

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; HARVESTING; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84899621099     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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