Water accessibility to plant roots in different soil structures occurring in the same soil type

Plant and Soil

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Droogers, P ^a   Van Der Meer, F B W ^a   Bouma, J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Root distribution; Root water accessibility; Soil structure; Transpiration; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030847212     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004256113198     Document Type: Article

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