Macroscopic root water uptake distribution using a matric flux potential approach

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1065-1078

  De Jong Van Lier, Q ^a,b   Van Dam, J C ^b   Metselaar, K ^b   De Jong, R ^c   Duijnisveld, W H M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MATRIC POTENTIAL; ROOT SYSTEM; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT;

CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 44949169662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0083     Document Type: Article

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