Distribution of the fine roots of different aged apple trees in Weibei rainfed tableland of the Loess Plateau

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3401-3407

  Gan, Zhuo Ting ^a,b,c   Liu, Wen Zhao ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Apple; Fine root distribution; Root length density; Weibei rainfed tableland

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77149131905     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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