Geometrical properties of simulated maize root systems: Consequences for length density and intersection density

Plant and Soil

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-167

  Grabarnik, Pavel ^a   Pagès, Loïc ^b   Bengough, Anthony Glyn ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maize; Model; Root architecture; Root intersection; Root length; Stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031804727     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004382531671     Document Type: Article

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