Water relations and root activities of Buchloe dactyloides and Zoysia japonica in response to localized soil drying

Plant and Soil

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Huang, Bingru ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Root distribution; Root elongation; Turfgrass; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RELATIONS;

BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 0032798238     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004472314631     Document Type: Article

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