Root-soil contact for the desert succulent Agave deserti in wet and drying soil

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  North, Gretchen B ^a   Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Root shrinkage; Root water uptake; Root soil interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031444523     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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