A split-root apparatus for examining the effects of hydraulic lift by trees on the water status of neighbouring crops

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Hirota, I ^a   Sakuratani, T ^a   Sato, T ^a   Higuchi, H ^a   Nawata, E ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Heat balance; Markhamia lutea; Reverse flow; Sap flow; Upland rice

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; GROWTH; IRRIGATION; RICE; TREE;

MARKHAMIA; MARKHAMIA LUTEA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 1242310564     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:agfo.0000013293.77907.64     Document Type: Article

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