Modelling of the hydraulic architecture of root systems: An integrated approach to water absorption - Model description

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-223

  Doussan, Claude ^a   Pagès, Loïc ^a   Vercambre, Gilles ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Architecture; Hydraulic conductance; Model; Root system; Uptake; Water; Zea Mays L.

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC ARCHITECTURE; MODELLING; ROOT SYSTEM; WATER UPTAKE;

EID: 0031912867     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0540     Document Type: Article

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