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The role of maize root size in phosphorus uptake and productivity of maize/faba bean and maize/wheat intercropping systems.
Science China. Life sciences - 1 Nov 2012
Zhang Yikai, Chen Fanjun, Li Long, Chen Yanhua, Liu Bingran, Zhou Yuling, Yuan Lixing, Zhang Fusuo, Mi Guohua
Abstract excerpt
Interspecific root/rhizosphere interactions affect phosphorus (P) uptake and the productivity of maize/faba bean and maize/wheat intercropping systems. The aim of these experiments was to determine whether manipulation of maize root growth could improve the productivity of the two intercropping systems. Two near isogenic maize hybrids (the larger-rooted T149 and smaller-rooted T222) were intercropped with faba...
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