Nitrogen status of functionally different forage species explains resistance to severe drought and post-drought overcompensation

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 236, Issue , 2017, Pages 312-322

  Hofer, Daniel ^a,b   Suter, Matthias ^a   Buchmann, Nina ^b   Lüscher, Andreas ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Intensively managed grassland; Nitrogen nutrition index; Post drought recovery; Root growth; Symbiotic dinitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; BIOMASS; CROPPING PRACTICE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIOSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 85006873816     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.11.022     Document Type: Article

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