Laparoscopic sampling of roots of known age from an expandable-wall minirhizotron system

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 876-879

  Kosola, Kevin R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MYCORRHIZA; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOTING; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033410184     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.915876x     Document Type: Article

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