The influence of shoot and root size on nitrogen uptake in wheat is affected by nitrate affinity in the roots during early growth

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1179-1189

  Pang, Jiayin ^a,b   Milroy, Stephen P ^a,c   Rebetzke, Gregory J ^a   Palta, Jairo A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N labelling; nitrate transport system; nitrate uptake affinity; Triticum aestivum; wheat breeding

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT GROWTH; TILLERING; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84983168155     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: 14454416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP15215     Document Type: Article

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