Spatial distributions of tissue expansion and cell division rates are related to irradiance and to sugar content in the growing zone of maize roots

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-158

  Muller, B ^a   Stosser, M ^a   Tardieu, F ^a  

^a UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell division; Irradiance; Maize; Meristem; Root elongation; Sugars; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031969896     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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