Expansion dynamics, metabolite composition and substance transfer of the primary root growth zone of Zea mays L. grown in different external nutrient availabilities

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1451-1466

  Walter, A ^a,b   Feil, R ^a,c   Schurr, U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Anions; Carbohydrates, cations; Circumnutation; Deposition rate; Digital image processing; Dynamics; Hydroponics; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; METABOLITE;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141573438     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0016-8025.2003.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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