Winter cereal root growth and aboveground-belowground biomass ratios as affected by site and tillage system in dryland Mediterranean conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 925-939

  Plaza Bonilla, Daniel ^a   Álvaro Fuentes, Jorge ^b   Hansen, Neil C ^c   Lampurlanés, Jorge ^a   Cantero Martínez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Plant biomass ratios; Roots; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOFTWARE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; ZERO TILLAGE;

EBRO VALLEY; SPAIN;

EID: 84890887219     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1926-3     Document Type: Article

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