Apple root growth, turnover, and distribution under different orchard groundcover management systems

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 168-175

  Yao, Shengrui ^a   Merwin, Ian A ^b   Brown, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 134 Plant Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Malus xdomestica; Minirhizotron; Orchard floor management; Root biology; Root mortality

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 58849116395     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.168     Document Type: Article

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