Assessment of inequality of root hair density in Arabidopsis thaliana using the Gini coefficient: A close look at the effect of phosphorus and its interaction with ethylene

Annals of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-293

  He, Zhenxiang ^a   Ma, Zhong ^b,c   Brown, Kathleen M ^b   Lynch, Jonathan P ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Ethylene; Gini coefficient; Inequality; Lorenz curve; Nutrient deficiencies; Phosphorus; Root hairs

Indexed keywords

TRICHOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOHORMONE; SILVER THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS, CYCLIC; ARABIDOPSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 16644392627     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci024     Document Type: Article

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