Simple stereological procedure to estimate the number and dimensions of root hairs

Plant and Soil

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-136

  Wulfsohn, Dvoralai ^a   Nyengaard, Jens R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agropyron crixtatum L.; Diameter; Disector; Length; Surface area; Systematic sampling; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032807143     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004500830178     Document Type: Article

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