Root distribution and water uptake patterns of corn under surface and subsurface drip irrigation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-136

  Coelho, Eugenio F ^a   Or, Dani ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Parametric models; Root length density; Root uptake

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032433936     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004325219804     Document Type: Article

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