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Root growth of a barley crop estimated by sampling with portable powered soil-coring equipment.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Welbank, P. J. & Williams, E. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The shoots and roots of a barley crop were sampled periodically from 46 days after sowing up to the ripe stage (130 days after sowing). Root weights w...

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Nitrogen fixation and crop productivity enhancements co-driven by intercrop root exudates and key rhizosphere bacteria.

Published online: 03 Nov 2021

Authors: Hu HengYu & Li Hong & Hao MinMin & Ren YaNan & Zhang MengKun & Liu RuYue & Zhang Yin & Li Geng & Chen JianSheng & Ning, T. Y. & Kuzyakov, Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Crop diversity management is widely used to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability. Recent studies have demonstrated that maize root ex...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An approximate solution is presented of the differential equation describing soil-moisture flow towards a root absorbing water at a periodically varyi...

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Shoot competition and root competition.

Published online: 14 Jun 1988

Authors: Wilson, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of shoot and root competition in 23 studies including additive and replacement techniques, radial and linear layouts, several of methods o...

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Ecological intensification and arbuscular mycorrhizas: a meta-analysis of tillage and cover crop effects.

Published online: 10 Jan 2018

Authors: Bowles, T. M. & Jackson, L. E. & Loeher, M. & Cavagnaro, T. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reliance on ecosystem services instead of synthetic, non-renewable inputs is increasingly seen as key to achieving food security in an environmentally...

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Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.

Published online: 03 Nov 1965

Authors: Cowan, I. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water movement in response to gradients of water potential in the soil-plant-atmosphere catena is considered. An approximate solution is presented of ...

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The influence of soil water content on the uptake of ions by roots. I. Soil water content gradients near a plane of onion roots.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Dunham, R. J. & Nye, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Water content and ion concentration gradients were measured in soil near a plane of onion seedling roots. Using the water content-matric potential rel...

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The influence of soil water content on the uptake of ions by roots. III. Phosphate, potassium, calcium and magnesium uptake and concentration gradients in soil.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Dunham, R. J. & Nye, P. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concentration gradients of phosphate, K, Ca and Mg were measured near a plane of onion seedling roots at a range of soil water contents, in a special ...

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Foraging by roe deer in agricultural areas and impact on arable crops.

Published online: 29 Oct 1986

Authors: Putman, R. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pattern of use of farmland and of different arable crops by roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), in relation to use of other 'natural' habitats availab...

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Crop traits drive soil carbon sequestration under organic farming.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: García-Palacios, P. & Gattinger, A. & Bracht-Jørgensen, H. & Brussaard, L. & Carvalho, F. & Castro, H. & Clément, J. C. & Deyn, G. de & D'Hertefeldt, T. & Foulquier, A. & Hedlund, K. & Lavorel, S. & Legay, N. & Lori, M. & Mäder, P. & Martínez-García, L. B. & Silva, P. M. da & Muller, A. & Nascimento, E. & Reis, F. & Symanczik, S. & Sousa, J. P. & Milla, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Organic farming (OF) enhances top soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in croplands compared with conventional farming (CF), which can contribute to seque...

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