Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-442

  Ostonen, I ^a   Puttsepp U ^b,c   Biel, C ^d   Alberton, O ^e   Bakker, M R ^f   Lohmus K ^a   Majdi, H ^b   Metcalfe, D ^b   Olsthoorn, A F M ^g   Pronk, A ^e   Vanguelova, E ^h   Weih, M ^b   Brunner, I ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^g Van Hall Larenstein University of Professional Education ^*  (Netherlands)

^h FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental conditions; Fertilization; Fine root morphology; Indicator; Specific root length; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248954456     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500701626069     Document Type: Review

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