Fibrous carrot root responses to irrigation and compaction of sandy and organic soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-105

  Pietola, Liisa ^a   Smucker, Alvin J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Destructive sampling; Hydropneumatic elutriation; Image analysis; Root length; Root surface area; Root volume; Video root recording

Indexed keywords

CARROT; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT VOLUME;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0031982454     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004294330427     Document Type: Article

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