Wheat root growth responses to horizontal stratification of fertiliser in a water-limited environment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 386, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 77-88

  Jin, Kemo ^a,b   Shen, Jianbo ^a   Ashton, Rhys W ^b   White, Rodger P ^b   Dodd, Ian C ^c   Parry, Martin A J ^b   Whalley, William R ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horizontal nutrient stratification; Root proliferation; Water limited; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; ROOT; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85027934802     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2249-8     Document Type: Article

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