Short Communication. Effect of phosphorus nutrition and grain position within maize cob on grain phosphorus accumulation

Nutritional status of grains may vary due to external nutrient supply and their position within parent maize cob. Phosphorus (P) is the least mobile nutrient in the soil and therefore newly growing seedlings are largely dependent on the stored grain P contents which are accumulated during the crop m...

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Main Authors: Muhamamad Nadeem, Alain Mollier, Alain Vives, Loic Prud´Homme, Sylvie Niollet, Sylvain Pellerin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria 2014-04-01
Series:Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
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Online Access:http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/4650