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Establishment of rhizotron for in-situ monitoring of root growth

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Title Establishment of rhizotron for in-situ monitoring of root growth
 
Creator GAJRI, P R
ARORA, V K
PRIHAR, S S
 
Subject rhizotron, root growth, lysimeter
 
Description To study the root -growth behaviour of crops for devising environmentally sound strategies for efficient input-useand high yields, a rhizotron facility was established at Ludhiana tor in-situ monitoring of root-growth dynamics. Itconsists of 16 rhizotron chambers and was developed by using indigenous design and materials, and is the tirst of its kind in India. Each rhizotron cell hasI. 2 m wide and 2.4 m deep viewing-window, specifically designed to study root growth, nutrient and water dynamics in tield crops raised on deep alluvial soils. Besides root-growth monitoring, it has a provision of metered water supply, soil-water measurement and manually operated mobile rain shelter and hence can be used as lysimeter.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-05-17
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/30034
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 67, No 9 (1997)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/30034/13554
 
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