Spring barley shows dynamic compensatory root and shoot growth responses when exposed to localised soil compaction and fertilisation

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 581-597

  Pfeifer, Johannes ^a,b   Faget, Marc ^a   Walter, Achim ^b   Blossfeld, Stephan ^a   Fiorani, Fabio ^a   Schurr, Ulrich ^a   Nagel, Kerstin A ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; acclimation; lateral roots; nutrient acquisition; plant response; soil strength

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; COMPACTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PEAT; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT GROWTH;

EID: 84899999973     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP13224     Document Type: Article

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