Increased root density of maize crops under drought in a Typic Argiudoll

Maydica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-276

  Prystupa, P ^b   Lemcoff, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Root length; Soil structure; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ANTHESIS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HYBRID; MAIZE; PLANT BREEDING;

EID: 0032464850     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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