Disturbances during minirhizotron installation can affect root observation data

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 247-252

  Devereux Joslin, J ^a   Wolfe, Mark H ^a  

^a TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

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