Tracing root development using the soft X-ray radiographic method, as applied to young cuttings of western red cedar (Thuja plicata)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 348-360

  Bidel, L P R ^a   Riviere L M ^a   Mannino, M R ^b   Pages L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Grp d'Etud et de Controle des V   (France)

Author keywords

Morphogenesis; Primordia; Radial growth; Root development; Root differentiation; Soft X ray radiography

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIMORDIUM; ROOTING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

CEDAR; SOFT X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CEDAR; ROOT SYSTEM; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 0033509241     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-3-348     Document Type: Article

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