USING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY TO PREDICT NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS OF HERBARIUM SPECIMENS UNDER DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS

Using near-infrared spectroscopy to predict nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations of herbarium specimens under different storage conditions

Abstract Background Herbaria are becoming increasingly important as archives of biodiversity, and play a central role in taxonomic and biogeographic studies.There is also an ongoing interest in functional traits and the way they mediate interactions between a plant species and its environment.Herbarium Cables specimens allow tracking trait values o

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Biochar has positive but distinct impacts on root, shoot, and fruit production in beans, tomatoes, and willows

Positive relationships have been documented between the amount of biochar added to soils and various aspects of plant growth and fertility such as root, shoot, and fruit production.However, these effects depend on biochar source materials, soil characteristics and species of plant examined.This makes it impossible to systematically compare and gene

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