Large root systems: Are they useful in adapting wheat to dry environments?

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 347-354

  Palta, Jairo A ^a   Chen, Xing ^a,b   Milroy, Stephen P ^a   Rebetzke, Greg J ^a   Dreccer, M Fernanda ^a   Watt, Michelle ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

root biomass; root length; root length density; root system size; water capture

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; FIELD SURVEY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; ROOT SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79955630818     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11031     Document Type: Review

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