Quantifying the response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L) root system architecture to phosphorus in an Oxisol

Plant and Soil

Volumn 385, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 303-310

  Flavel, Richard J ^a   Guppy, Christopher N ^a   Tighe, Matthew K ^a   Watt, Michelle ^b   Young, Iain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Root architecture; Soil structure; Tomography; Triticum aestivum; X rays

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; OXISOL; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT SYSTEM; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84912033853     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2191-9     Document Type: Article

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