Authors: Elke Vandamme Pieter Pypers Erik Smolders Roel Merckx
Publish Date: 2015/07/08
Volume: 401, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 65-78
Abstract
Soybean is a relatively largeseeded species and variation in seed size can affect plant establishment especially under phosphorusdeficient conditions We evaluated to what extent differences in seed weight and seed phosphorus P content among genotypes and within genotypes affect plant growth at low and high P supplyCorrelations between seed weight and plant biomass shoot P content and root length among 42 genotypes were stronger at low than at high P supply Withingenotype variation in seed weight affected shoot and root growth at different plant growth stages At low P supply plant growth was correlated with seed weight up to the flowering stage
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