Root growth media effects on root morphology and architecture in white clover

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-263

  Crush, J R ^a   Care, D A ^a   Gourdin, A ^a,b   Woodfield, D R ^c  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Root architecture; Root media; Root morphology; Sand culture; Solution culture; Trifolium repens; white clover

Indexed keywords

PASTURE;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 22944467818     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2005.9513654     Document Type: Article

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