Are penetrometer measurements useful in predicting emergence of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) seedlings through a crust?

Model experiments on the behaviour of roots at the interface between a tilled seed-bed and a compacted sub-soil

A.R. Dexter · Plant and Soil · 1986 · 88 citations

Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Soil Sciences +14

Emergence of seedlings of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) as affected by the size, roughness and position of aggregates in the seedbed

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Agriculture, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +14

Model experiments on the behaviour of roots at the interface between a tilled seed-bed and a compacted sub-soil

A.R. Dexter · Plant and Soil · 1986 · 67 citations

Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Soil Sciences +14

Estimating soil frictional resistance to metal probes and its relevance to the penetration of soil by roots

A. Glyn Bengough, Chris Mullins, G. Ward Wilson · European Journal of Soil Science · 1997 · 59 citations

Agriculture, Earth Sciences, Soil Sciences +14

The nature of the mechanical impedance to seedlings by soil surface seals

Walter Arndt · Soil Research · 1965 · 58 citations

Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Soil Sciences +17