Simulating the role of rooting traits in crop-weed competition

Field Crops Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 44-51

  Dunbabin, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop root traits; Crop weed competition; Nutrient uptake; Root growth; ROOTMAP

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER;

CROP ROOT TRAITS; CROP WEED COMPETITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT GROWTH;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548475802     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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