Penetration of very strong soils by seedling roots of different plant species

1991/08/01 by S. A. Materechera, A.R. Dexter, A. R. Dexter +1 · 327 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems #Agronomy #Biology #Botany #Chloris gayana #Elongation #Hordeum vulgare #Horticulture #Lupinus angustifolius #Penetrometer #Poaceae #Seedling #Seedling growth and survival studies #Soil Management and Crop Yield #Soil water #Taproot #Vermiculite #Vicia faba

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00014776

published in Plant and Soil 135(1), 31-41 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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