Internal efficiency of nutrient utilization: What is it and how to measure it during vegetative plant growth?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3011-3018

  Santa María, Guillermo E ^a   Moriconi, Jorge I ^a   Oliferuk, Sonia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Efficiency; Nutrient; Utilization; Vegetative; Whole plant

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MINERAL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP; FOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS;

EID: 84940702693     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv162     Document Type: Article

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