Quantification of soil structural changes induced by cereal anchorage failure: Image analysis of thin sections

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-372

  Mooney, Sacha J ^a   Morris, Catherine ^a   Craigon, James ^a   Berry, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance transform; Image analysis; Lodging; Pore size distribution; Porosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347365340     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200622042     Document Type: Article

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