Biochar amendment increases maize root surface areas and branching: a shovelomics study in Zambia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 45-55

  Abiven, Samuel ^a   Hund, Andreas ^b   Martinsen, Vegard ^c   Cornelissen, Gerard ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biochar; Field experiment; Maize; Plant allometric trends; Root architecture; Shovelomics

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CHARCOAL; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SURFACE AREA; TROPICAL REGION; YIELD RESPONSE;

ZAMBIA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84942370072     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2533-2     Document Type: Article

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