Monitoring wheat root development in a rainfed vertisol: Tillage effect

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-187

  Muñoz Romero, Verónica ^a   Benítez Vega, Jorge ^a   López Bellido, Luis ^a   López Bellido, Rafael J ^a  

^a Campus de Rabanales Edificio C 4 Celestino Mutis   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Minirhizotron; Root growth; Tillage system; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MONITORING; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL WATER; VERTISOL; WATER STRESS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE; ZERO TILLAGE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956179541     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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