The use of the ingrowth core method for measuring root production of arable crops - Influence of soil conditions inside the ingrowth core on root growth

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 617-622

  Steingrobe, Bernd ^a   Schmid, Harald ^b   Claassen, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ingrowth core; Nitrate; Phosphate; Root growth; Soil density; Soil moisture; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0000479367     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200012)163:6<617::AID-JPLN617>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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