Root apical diameter and root elongation rate of rubber seedlings (Hevea brasiliensis) show parallel responses to photoassimilate availability

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 365-371

  Thaler, Philippe ^a,b   Pagès, Loïc ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; diameter; growth; Hevea brasiliensis; root apex; root observation boxes; rubber tree; shading; shoot root relationship; sink strength

Indexed keywords

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0030471179     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970222.x     Document Type: Article

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