Root adaptations to soils with low fertility and aluminium toxicity

Annals of Botany

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 593-605

  Rao, Idupulapati M ^a   Miles, John W ^a   Beebe, Stephen E ^a   Horst, Walter J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Breeding; Interspecific hybridization; Low soil fertility; Nitrogen; Nutrient acquisition; Phosphorus; Problem soils; Root phenes; Root physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALUMINUM; CULTIVAR; GERMPLASM; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGUME; MAIZE; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; TOXICITY;

BRACHIARIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHALARIS AQUATICA; PHENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85046461296     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw073     Document Type: Article

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