Increased soil phosphorus availability induced by faba bean root exudation stimulates root growth and phosphorus uptake in neighbouring maize

New Phytologist

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 823-831

  Zhang, Deshan ^a   Zhang, Chaochun ^a   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a   Li, Haigang ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Rengel, Zed ^b   Whalley, William R ^c   Davies, William J ^d   Shen, Jianbo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous phosphorus supply; Phosphorus (P) uptake; Rhizosphere processes; Root interactions; Vicia faba (faba bean); Zea mays (maize)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CITRIC ACID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXUDATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; INDUCED RESPONSE; LEGUME; MAIZE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL NUTRIENT;

VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXUDATE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; SOIL; VICIA FABA;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84955216041     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13613     Document Type: Article

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