Can we manipulate root system architecture to control soil erosion?

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 603-612

  Ola, A ^a   Dodd, I C ^a   Quinton, J N ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; EROSION CONTROL; INFILTRATION; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; WATER EROSION;

EID: 84951061566     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-603-2015     Document Type: Article

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