Root development of 'Red Lady' papaya plants grown on a hillside

Plant and Soil

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-42

  Marler, Thomas E ^a   Discekici, Haluk M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Diagravitropic; Gravitropism; Orthogravitropic; Profile wall method; Root excavation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030856844     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004231009366     Document Type: Article

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