Plant influence on rhizosphere hydraulic properties: direct measurements using a miniaturized infiltrometer
Open Access
- 3 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 157 (3), 597-603
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00690.x
Abstract
• An infiltrometer device, 0.4 mm in radius was designed specifically to measure the hydraulic characteristics of rhizosphere soil. Its testing an...Keywords
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