Monitoring of root growth and redox conditions in paddy soil rhizotrons by redox electrodes and image analysis

Plant and Soil

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 221-232

  Schmidt, Hannes ^a   Eickhorst, Thilo ^a   Tippkötter, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Paddy soil; Redox potential; Rhizosphere; Rhizotron; Root zone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; DIGITAL IMAGE; ELECTRODE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHANE; PADDY FIELD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDOX CONDITIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION; WETLAND;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952628571     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0637-2     Document Type: Article

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