Strength and size of phosphorus-rich patches determine the foraging strategy of Neyraudia reynaudiana

Abstract Background Under natural conditions, soil nutrients are heterogeneously distributed, and plants have developed adaptation strategies to efficiently forage patchily distributed nutrient. Most previous studies examined either patch strength or patch size separately and focused mainly on root...

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Main Authors: Liping Cai, Yuzhen Wang, Mulualem Tigabu, Xiaolong Hou, Pengfei Wu, Chuifan Zhou, Xiangqing Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-020-02738-0