Maize varieties released in different eras have similar root length density distributions in the soil, which are negatively correlated with local concentrations of soil mineral nitrogen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Ning, Peng ^a   Li, Sa ^a   White, Philip J ^b   Li, Chunjian ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; FERTILIZER; MINERAL; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; GRAIN YIELD; MAIZE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARAMETERS; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL ROOT DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SHOOT; SOIL;

ZEA MAYS;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; MINERALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925866245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121892     Document Type: Article

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