Water uptake efficiency and above- and belowground biomass development of sweet sorghum and maize under different water regimes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 47-60

  Zegada Lizarazu, Walter ^a   Zatta, Alessandro ^a   Monti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Drought; Energy crops; Roots; Water uptake efficiency; Water use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOFUEL; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CANOPY; DROUGHT STRESS; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHANOL; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; OIL PRODUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SORGHUM; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856416843     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0928-2     Document Type: Article

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