Comparison of roots distribution in different maize plant type cultivars in the Songnen plain

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1911-1913

  Song, Ri ^a,b   Wu, Chunsheng ^a   Ma, Liyan ^a   Guo, Jixun ^b   Xing, Fu ^a  

^a JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Maize plant type; Roots distribution

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; MAIZE; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MAIZE; PLANT ROOT;

PLANT ROOTS; ZEA MAYS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SONGNEN PLAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346935084     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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