Root growth of two soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars grown under different groundwater level conditions

Plant Production Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-382

  Matsuo, Naoki ^a   Takahashi, Motoki ^a   Fukami, Koichiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Shinori ^a   Tasaka, Kohei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Farm oriented enhancing aquatic system; Groundwater level; Minirhizotron; Root length density; Root weight density; Soybean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884778685     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.16.374     Document Type: Article

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