Root system regulation of whole plant growth

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue , 1996, Pages 325-346

  Aiken, R M ^a   Smucker, A J M ^b  

^a Bldg D   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assimilates; growth regulation; root activity; root growth dynamics; water and nutrient deficits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029967990     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.34.1.325     Document Type: Review

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