Effects of different irrigation and nitrogen regimes on root growth and its correlation with above-ground plant parts in high-yielding wheat under field conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 165, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-149

  Wang, Chenyang ^a,b   Liu, Weixing ^a   Li, Qiuxia ^a   Ma, Dongyun ^a,b   Lu, Hongfang ^a,b   Feng, Wei ^a,b   Xie, Yingxin ^a,b   Zhu, Yunji ^a   Guo, Tiancai ^a,b  

^a National Engineering Research Center of Wheat   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High yielding conditions; Irrigation; Nitrogen application; Root weight density; Root shoot ratio; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FIELDWORK; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITROGEN; ROOT SYSTEM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; WATER STRESS; WHEAT;

CHINA; HENAN; HUANGHUAI;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84905021745     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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