Regulation of root weight ratio is mediated by sucrose: Opinion

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Farrar, John ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gene expression; phloem; root weight ratio; shoot: root ratio; signal transduction; sucrose; water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030466882     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257561     Document Type: Article

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