Different Growth Responses of an Invasive Weed and a Native Crop to Nitrogen Pulse and Competition.

Resource pulses are a common event in agro-ecosystems. A pot experiment was conducted to assess the effects of nitrogen (N) pulses and competition on the growth of an invasive weed, Amaranthus retroflexus, and a native crop, Glycine max. A. retroflexus and G. max were planted in pure culture with tw...

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Main Authors: Ping Lu, Jingxin Li, Chenggong Jin, Baiwen Jiang, Yamei Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4900539?pdf=render