Phosphorus uptake by Zea mays L. is quantitatively predicted by infinite sink extraction of soil P

Jakob Santner1, Martina Mannel2, Leigh D Burrell3

  • 1Vienna, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Konrad-Lorenz-Strasse 24, 3430 Tulln, Austria. jakob.santner@boku.ac.at.

Plant and Soil
|February 28, 2015
PubMed
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