Characterizing roots and water uptake in a ground cover rice production system.

Water-saving ground cover rice production systems (GCRPS) are gaining popularity in many parts of the world. We aimed to describe the characteristics of root growth, morphology, distribution, and water uptake for a GCRPS.A traditional paddy rice production system (TPRPS) was compared with GCRPS in g...

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Main Authors: Sen Li, Qiang Zuo, Xiaoyu Wang, Wenwen Ma, Xinxin Jin, Jianchu Shi, Alon Ben-Gal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5501594?pdf=render