Quantifying the effect of soil compaction on three varieties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using X-ray Micro Computed Tomography (CT)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 195-208

  Tracy, Saoirse R ^a   Black, Colin R ^a   Roberts, Jeremy A ^a   McNeill, Ann ^b   Davidson, Rob ^c   Tester, Mark ^b   Samec, Marko ^d   Korošak, Dean ^d   Sturrock, Craig ^a   Mooney, Sacha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Davidson's Agricultural Research and Development   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Automated root tracking software; Root architecture; Soil compaction; Triticum aestivum L.; X ray Micro Computed Tomography

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; CULTIVAR; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PIXEL; POROSITY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84858338496     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1022-5     Document Type: Article

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