Root growth dynamics and biomass input by Nordic annual field crops

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Pietola, Liisa ^a   Alakukku, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Avena sativa; Brassica rapa; Hordeum vulgare; Lolium multiflorum; Minirhizotron; Root biomass; Root length density; Root surface area; Root width; Shoot:root

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON; CATCH CROP; GROWTH; ROOT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SECALE CEREALE; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 18844395816     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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