Comparison of tomato root distributions by minirhizotron and destructive sampling

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 375-385

  Machado, Rui M A ^a   Oliveira, Maria Do Rosário G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Processing tomato; Root length density and intensity; Root observation tubes

Indexed keywords

DRIP IRRIGATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0242408333     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026198919074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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