Hidden branches: Developments in root system architecture

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-113

  Osmont, Karen S ^a   Sibout, Richard ^a   Hardtke, Christian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dicotyledons; Monocotyledons; Nutrients; Phytohormones; Root branching; Root meristem

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; MERISTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 34250842583     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.104006     Document Type: Review

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