Elevated CO2 Increases Nitrogen Fixation at the Reproductive Phase Contributing to Various Yield Responses of Soybean Cultivars

Nitrogen deficiency limits crop performance under elevated CO2 (eCO2), depending on the ability of plant N uptake. However, the dynamics and redistribution of N2 fixation, and fertilizer and soil N use in legumes under eCO2 have been little studied. Such an investigation is essential to improve the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yansheng Li, Zhenhua Yu, Xiaobing Liu, Ulrike Mathesius, Guanghua Wang, Caixian Tang, Junjiang Wu, Judong Liu, Shaoqing Zhang, Jian Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01546/full