Methodological tests of the use of trace elements as tracers to assess root activity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 265-283

  Hoekstra, N J ^a,b   Finn, J A ^a   Buchmann, N ^c   Gockele, A ^d   Landert, L ^b   Prill, N ^e   Scherer Lorenzen, M ^d   Luscher A ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cs; Grassland; Li; Mixtures; Plant communities; Rb; Resource utilisation; Root activity; Soil depth; Sr; Tracer injection; Tracer uptake

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84903543862     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2048-2     Document Type: Article

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