Effects of different management systems on root distribution of maize;Incidence de divers régimes agronomiques sur la répartition des racines du maïs

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-28

  Wang, Zhigang ^a   Ma, Bao Luo ^b   Gao, Julin ^a   Sun, Jiying ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maize; Root diameter; Root distribution; Root mass

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FINE ROOT; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL PROFILE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84920794512     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS-2014-026     Document Type: Article

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