Contributing factors in foliar uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen at leaf level

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 992-1002

  Wuyts, Karen ^a,b   Adriaenssens, Sandy ^c   Staelens, Jeroen ^d   Wuytack, Tatiana ^a   Van Wittenberghe, Shari ^a   Boeckx, Pascal ^b   Samson, Roeland ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Belgian Interregional Environment Agency   (Belgium)

^d Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drop contact angle; Foliar uptake; Inorganic nitrogen; Leaf mass per area; Leaf nitrogen concentration; Pedospheric fertilisation

Indexed keywords

FERTILISATION; FOLIAR UPTAKE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LEAF MASS PER AREA; LEAF NITROGEN;

NITROGEN; PEDOSPHERIC NITROGEN; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOLIAGE; LEAF AREA; PARTITIONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER;

ARTICLE; BETULA PENDULA; BIRCH; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP CONTACT ANGLE; DRY MASS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FERTILIZATION; FOLIAR UPTAKE; LEAF DENSITY; LEAF NITROGEN CONTENT; LEAF THICKNESS; LEAF WETABILITY; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT PARAMETERS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

EID: 84909957707     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.042     Document Type: Article

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