Root foraging and yield components underlying limited effects of Partial Root-zone Drying on oilseed rape, a crop with an indeterminate growth habit

Plant and Soil

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-176

  Wang, Jinfeng ^a,b   de Kroon, Hans ^a   Wang, Ling ^a,c   de Caluwe, Hannie ^a   Bögemann, Gerard M ^a   van der Weerden, Gerard M ^a   Kang, Shaozhong ^b,d   Smits, Antoine J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Oilseed rape; Partial root zone drying; Root foraging; Seed yield; Shallow groundwater; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; IRRIGATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RHIZOSPHERE; SEED PRODUCTION; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL WATER; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 70350379639     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9922-3     Document Type: Article

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