ROOTEDGE: Software for measuring root length from desktop scanner images

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 932-940

  Kaspar, Thomas C ^a   Ewing, Robert P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031445282     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900060014x     Document Type: Article

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