Function of root border cells in plant health: Pioneers in the rhizosphere

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue , 1998, Pages 311-327

  Hawes, M C ^a   Brigham, L A ^a   Wen, F ^a   Woo, H H ^a   Zhu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial gene expression; Rhizosphere ecology; Root caps; Root exudates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031715801     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.36.1.311     Document Type: Article

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