Increased plant density of winter wheat can enhance nitrogen–uptake from deep soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 141-152

  Dai, Xinglong ^a   Xiao, Lili ^a   Jia, Dianyong ^a,b   Kong, Haibo ^a   Wang, Yuechao ^a   Li, Chuanxing ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   He, Mingrong ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

15 N; Nitrogen uptake; Plant density; Root length density; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL DEPTH; WHEAT; WINTER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84910139743     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2190-x     Document Type: Article

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