Growth characteristics of root-shoot relations of three birch seedlings raised under different water regimes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 303-310

  Koike, T ^a,b   Kitao, M ^a   Quoreshi, A M ^b,c   Matsuura, Y ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birch species; Root plasticity; Soil water regimes; Thick and fine roots; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; HABITAT SELECTION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

JAPAN;

BETULA; BETULA ERMANII; BETULA MAXIMOWICZIANA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA VAR. JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0242491702     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026199402085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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