Determinate primary-root growth in seedlings of Sonoran Desert Cactaceae; its organization, cellular basis, and ecological significance

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Dubrovsky, Joseph G ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apical meristem; Cactaceae; Determinate growth; Lateral root; Root development; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; FEROCACTUS; FEROCACTUS PENINSULAE; STENOCEREUS GUMMOSUS; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 0030764838     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00050168     Document Type: Article

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