The role of root system architecture and root hairs in promoting anchorage against uprooting forces in Allium cepa and root mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 367, 2002, Pages 333-340

  Bailey, Peter H J ^a   Currey, J D ^a   Fitter, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchorage; Lateral roots; Root hairs; Root system architecture; Uprooting

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENESIS;

SEEDLINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MUTATION; ONION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; MUTATION; ONIONS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036007899     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/53.367.333     Document Type: Article

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