The influence of soil drying- and tillage-induced penetration resistance on maize root growth in a clayey soil

Soil drying may induce a number of stresses on crops. This paper investigated maize (Zea mays L.) root growth as affected by drought and soil penetration resistance (PR), which was caused by soil drying and tillage in a clayey red soil. Compared with conventional tillage (C) and deep tillage (D), so...

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Main Authors: Li-rong LIN, Yang-bo HE, Jia-zhou CHEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311915612047