Nitrogen-utilization efficiency in rice: an analysis at leaf, shoot, and whole-plant level

Plant and Soil

Volumn 404, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 321-344

  Ogawa, Takahiro ^a   Oikawa, Shimpei ^a,b   Hirose, Tadaki ^a,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Leaf longevity; Mean residence time; Nitrogen use efficiency; Rice; Tiller

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; LEAF AREA; LONGEVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RESIDENCE TIME; RICE; SHOOT; TILLERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84960109451     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-016-2832-2     Document Type: Article

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