Quantifying biological nitrogen fixation of different catch crops, and residual effects of roots and tops on nitrogen uptake in barley using in-situ 15N labelling

Plant and Soil

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 273-287

  Li, Xiaoxi ^a   Sørensen, Peter ^a   Li, Fucui ^b   Petersen, Søren O ^a   Olesen, Jørgen E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Biological N fixation; Legume based catch crop; Residual N effect; Soil N uptake; Spring barley

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CATCH CROP; DILUTION; DRY MATTER; IMMOBILIZATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; SOIL NITROGEN;

HORDEUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; VICIA BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 84942366325     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2548-8     Document Type: Article

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