Pearl millet developed deep roots and changed water sources by competition with intercropped cowpea in the semiarid environment of northern Namibia

Plant Production Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-363

  Zegada Lizarazu, Walter ^a   Kanyomeka, Luke ^b   Izumi, Yasuhiro ^c   Iijima, Morio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy water; Leaf water potential; Rooting pattern; Stable isotope; Water stress; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 33750482546     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.9.355     Document Type: Article

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