Intercropping with wheat leads to greater root weight density and larger below-ground space of irrigated maize at late growth stages

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-67

  Li, Long ^a,b   Sun, Jianhao ^c   Zhang, Fusuo ^b  

^a SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Interspecific interactions; Maize; Root weight density (RWD); Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955423762     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2010.548307     Document Type: Article

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