Role of nutrient-efficient plants for improving crop yields: bridging plant ecology, physiology, and molecular biology

Plant Macronutrient Use Efficiency: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 31-44

  Weih, Martin ^a   Westerbergh, Anna ^a   Lundquist, Per Olof ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

genetic background; microorganisms; nitrogen; nutrient assimilation; nutrient budgets; nutrient remobilization; nutrient transport; nutrient uptake; nutrient use efficiency; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032367241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811308-0.00002-8     Document Type: Chapter

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