Assessment of upland rice rooting depth: Does the herbicide injection technique work?

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Trebuil, G F ^a,b   Courtois, B ^b   Herrera, W ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

drought resistance; herbicide injection; Oryza sativa L.; Root depth; screening technique; upland rice

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0030456691     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.1996.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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