Simulation of growth and hydrotropism of maize roots

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 384-390

  Jin, Ming Xian ^a   Wang, Tian Duo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gravitropism; Hydrotropism; Maize; Root system architecture; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004640183     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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