Detection of Cryptomeria japonica roots with ground penetrating radar

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-380

  Dannoura, Masako ^a,b   Hirano, Yasuhiro ^c   Igarashi, Tetsuro ^d   Ishii, Masahiro ^d   Aono, Kenji ^d   Yamase, Keitaro ^e   Kanazawa, Yoichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d The General Environmental Technos Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptomeria japonica; GPR; Reflected wave; Root detection; Water content

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 49549084650     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500802150951     Document Type: Article

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