Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in studies of gravitropism in soil mixtures

New Phytologist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-66

  Antonsen, Frank ^a   Johnsson, Anders ^a   Futsaether, Cecilia ^b   Krane, Jostein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avena sativa; Coleoptiles; Gravitropism; NMR imaging; Soil impedance; Thigmotropism

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 0032932730     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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