How roots control the flux of carbon to the rhizosphere

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 827-837

  Farrar, John ^a   Hawes, Martha ^b   Jones, Davey ^a   Lindow, Steven ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Carbon flux; Control analysis; Exudation; Rhizosphere; Root border cells; Root cap

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; EXUDATION; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0012878341     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0827:HRCTFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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