The dependence of plant root: Shoot ratios on internal nitrogen concentration

Simon Asher Levin, H. A. Mooney, C. Field

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Abstract

Modifying a model of G. I. Agren, we show that the shoot fraction depends approximately linearly on internal nitrogen concentration (n) over a broad range of values of n. The root: shoot ratio decreases monotonically with n; at low nitrogen concentrations this differs from the predictions of G. I. Agren and T. Ingestad.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)71-75
Number of pages5
JournalAnnals of Botany
Volume64
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Plant Science

Keywords

  • Nitrogen productivity
  • Relative growth rate
  • Root: shoot ratios
  • Shoot fraction
  • Specific growth rate

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