Modelling non-uniform soil water uptake by a single plant root

Plant and Soil

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Aura, Erkki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

modeling; non uniform; root resistance; soil resistance; water uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030446979     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02415519     Document Type: Article

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