Tillage practices affect biomass and grain yield through regulating root growth, root-bleeding sap and nutrients uptake in summer maize

Field Crops Research

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-97

  Guan, Dahai ^a   Al Kaisi, Mahdi M ^b   Zhang, Yushi ^a   Duan, Liusheng ^a   Tan, Weiming ^a   Zhang, Mingcai ^a   Li, Zhaohu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Root length density; Root bleeding sap; Summer maize; Tillage practices

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PLOWING; POTASSIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SAP FLOW; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; ZERO TILLAGE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84891795579     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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