Root growth of triticale and barley grown for grain or for forage-plus-grain in a Mediterranean climate

Plant and Soil

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-251

  Bonachela, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cereal roots; Forage; Grain; Minirhizotron; Soil core; Soil water depletion

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; ROOT GROWTH; TRITICALE;

SPAIN, ANDALUCIA, GRANADA;

HORDEUM VULGARE; POACEAE; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 0030301919     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011439     Document Type: Article

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