Relationship between deep root distribution and root penetration capacity estimated by pot experiments with a paraffin and vaseline layer for landraces and recent cultivars of wheat

Plant Production Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-497

  Kubo, Katashi ^a,b   Uchino, Hiroshi ^a   Jitsuyama, Yutaka ^a   Iwama, Kazuto ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compacted soil; Deep rooting; Genotypic difference; Hard soil; Root penetration; Soil compaction; Triticum aestivum; Triticum turgidum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 52149098502     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.11.487     Document Type: Article

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