Effects of local variations in soil moisture on hydrophobic deposits and dye diffusion in corn roots

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 492-501

  Watt, M ^a,c   Van Der Weele, C M ^b,d   McCully, M E ^a   Canny, M J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; diffusivity in apoplast; endodermis; epidermis; hypodermis; intercellular spaces; root development; soil water content; suberization

Indexed keywords

HYPODERRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030447385     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00602.x     Document Type: Article

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