Screening the ability of rice roots to overcome the mechanical impedance of wax layers: Importance of test conditions and measurement criteria

Plant and Soil

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 187-196

  Clark, L J ^a,b   Aphale S L ^a,c   Barraclough, P B ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mechanical impedance; Oryza sativa; Rice; Roots; Screening; Wax layers

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0034065219     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004753900945     Document Type: Article

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