Durum wheat root distribution and agronomical performance as influenced by soil properties

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 803-807

  Outoukarte, Ismaïl ^a   Belaqziz, Majdouline ^a   Price, Adam ^b   Nsarellah, Nasrelhaq ^c   Hadrami, Ismaïl El ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77951072841     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.04.0190     Document Type: Article

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