Does transport of water to roots limit water uptake of field crops?

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 583-590

  Kage, Henning ^a   Ehlers, Wilfried ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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