Imaging the interaction of roots and phosphate fertiliser granules using 4D X-ray tomography

Plant and Soil

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 125-134

  Ahmed, Sharif ^a   Klassen, Trudy Naugler ^b   Keyes, Samuel ^a   Daly, Michael ^c   Jones, David L ^d   Mavrogordato, Mark ^a   Sinclair, Ian ^a   Roose, Tiina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c The Agrology House   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Fertilizer placement; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Rhizosphere; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; DISSOLUTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIFE CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT; ROOT SYSTEM; SUPERPHOSPHATE; TOMOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER; X-RAY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84961206508     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2425-5     Document Type: Article

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