Theoretical analysis of soil and plant traits influencing daily plant water flux on drying soils

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1148-1152

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; HYDRAULICS; SOILS;

PLANT WATER FLUX; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DRYING; HYDRAULICS; PLANTS; SOIL; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 23744434886     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.0286     Document Type: Article

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