Provision of nitrogen as ammonium rather than nitrate increases silicon uptake in sugarcane

AoB PLANTS

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Keeping, Malcolm G ^a,b   Rutherford, R Stuart ^a,c   Sewpersad, C ^a   Miles, Neil ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Calcium silicate; Nitrate; Nitrogen; PH; Rhizosphere; Silicon uptake; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84939782693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plu080     Document Type: Article

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