Aerenchyma formation in roots of four banana (Musa spp.) cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 57-72

  Aguilar, E A ^a   Turner, D W ^a   Sivasithamparam, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Banana; Hypoxia; Oxygen deficiency; Root porosity; Roots

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 0033525414     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00224-6     Document Type: Article

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