Root water extraction and limiting soil hydraulic conditions estimated by numerical simulation

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1264-1277

  De Jong Van Lier, Quirijn ^a,b   Metselaar, Klaas ^b   Van Dam, Jos C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

EID: 34547906801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0056     Document Type: Article

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