Two algorithms of determining the middle point of the shoot apex by surrounding organ primordia positions and their usage for computer measurements of divergence angles

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Matkowski, Adam ^a   Karwowski, Radosław ^a   Zagórska Marek, Beata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apex; Computer simulation; Divergence angle; Geometrical centre; Gravity centre; Phyllotaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346997499     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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