Distribution of lateral root primordia in root tips of Musa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 393-400

  Draye, Xavier ^a   Delvaux, Bruno ^a   Swennen, Rony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Banana; Lateral root initiation; Musa; Root architecture

Indexed keywords

MUSA; MUSA SP.; PISANG;

EID: 0032858504     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0940     Document Type: Article

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