Seedling root growth as a function of soil density and water content

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 215-226

  Siegel Issem, C M ^a   Burger, J A ^a   Powers, R F ^b   Ponder, F ^c   Patterson, S C ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MeadWestvaco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED; WATER;

LEAST LIMITING WATER RANGE (LLWR); MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY (RLD); SOIL DENSITY;

SOILS;

GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH; REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SOIL; WATER;

PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS PONDEROSA VAR. PONDEROSA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 12944327762     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0215     Document Type: Article

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