The gradient between pre-dawn rhizoplane and bulk soil matric potentials, and its relation to the pre-dawn root and leaf water potentials of four species

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 953-960

  Schmidhalter, U ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gradient; Helianthus annuus; Hordeum vulgare; Rhizoplane; Root water potential; Soil water availability; Soil root interface; Triticum aestivum; Water potential; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NANUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030873549     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-136.x     Document Type: Article

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