Gravitropic reaction in the growth of tea roots

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 472-478

  Yamashita, Masataka ^a,b   Takyu, Toshio ^a   Saba, Tetsuji ^a  

^a Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adventitious root; Amyloplast; Camellia sinensis L.; Gravitropism; Lateral root; Plagiogravitropism; Seminal root; Tea plants

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0031474258     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.66.472     Document Type: Article

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