Monitoring copper-induced changes in fine root geometry of birch (Betula pendula) using nutrient film technique (NFT)

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-384

  Adalsteinsson, Sveinn ^a   Gussarsson, Monika ^b   Asp, Håkan ^b   Jensén, Paul ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Betula pendula; birch; copper; heavy metal uptake; nutrient film technique; root growth; solution culture

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0030935737     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990304.x     Document Type: Article

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