Root morphological responses to localized nutrient supply differ among crop species with contrasting root traits

Plant and Soil

Volumn 376, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-163

  Li, Hongbo ^a   Ma, Qinghua ^a   Li, Haigang ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Rengel, Zed ^b   Shen, Jianbo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop species; Nutrient patches; Nutrient specific responses; Root shoot partitioning; Rootmorphological plasticity

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; WHEAT;

CICER ARIETINUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85027947900     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1965-9     Document Type: Article

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