Quantification of fine root responses to selenium toxicity

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-58

  Hartikainen, Helinä ^a   Pietola, Liisa ^a   Simojoki, Asko ^a   Xue, Tailin ^b  

^a Dept of Appl Chem and Microbiol ^*  (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Lettuces; Morphology; Ryegrass; Scanning; Selenium; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LOLIUM;

EID: 0039894197     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5679     Document Type: Article

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