Effects of soil air-filled porosity, soil matric potential and soil strength on primary root growth of radiata pine seedlings

Plant and Soil

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-115

  Zou, C ^a,c   Penfold, C ^a   Sands, R ^a   Misra, R K ^b   Hudson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air filled porosity; Pinus radiata; Root elongation; Soil matric potential; Soil strength

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEEDLING; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0034782298     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011994615014     Document Type: Article

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