Quantifying crop nitrogen status for comparisons of agronomic practices and genotypes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-64

  Sadras, Victor O ^a   Lemaire, Gilles ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Fertiliser; Nitrogen nutrition index; Water; Yield

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 84902213513     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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