Does earlier sowing of winter wheat improve root growth and N uptake?

Field Crops Research

Volumn 196, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-21

  Rasmussen, Irene Skovby ^a   Thorup Kristensen, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deep soil layers; Minirhizotrons; Nitrate leaching; Root depth; Root intensity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGRONOMY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LEACHING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOMASS; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOWING DATE; WHEAT; WINTER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84989912228     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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