The development of tomato root system in relation to the carbohydrate status of the whole plant

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-538

  Pressman, E ^a   Bar Tal, A ^a   Shaked, Rachel ^a   Rosenfeld, Katerina ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill; Root growth rate; Sink source relationship; Soluble sugars; Starch

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030930581     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0485     Document Type: Article

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