Study of differences between vertical root maps observed in a maize crop and simulated maps obtained using a model for the three-dimensional architecture of the root system

Plant and Soil

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 329-337

  Pagès, Loïc ^a   Pellerin, Sylvain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

architecture; model; root map; root profile; root system; soil bulk density

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS; POACEAE;

MAIZE; MODELLING; ROOT MAP; ROOT PROFILE; ROOT SYSTEM;

EID: 0030301137     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029063     Document Type: Article

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