Effects of root pruning on the growth and water use efficiency of winter wheat

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Ma, Shou Chen ^a,b   Li, Feng Min ^b,c   Xu, Bing Cheng ^b   Huang, Zhan Bin ^d  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Competitive ability; Root pruning; Water use efficiency (WUE); Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 61849140147     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-008-9340-1     Document Type: Article

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