Multicolor staining of root systems in pot culture

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 618-622

  Murakami, Toshifumi ^a   Shimano, Satoshi ^a,b   Kaneda, Satoshi ^a   Nakajima, Miyuki ^a   Urashima, Yasufumi ^a   Miyoshi, Norikazu ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c NISHIKYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye; Root distribution; Root staining; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33748349013     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2006.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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