Applications and limitations of rhizotrons and minirhizotrons for root studies

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Plant and Soil

• Publication date

  1990-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/BF00011688
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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