Adaptive longitudinal growth of first-order lateral roots of a woody species (Spartium junceum) to slope and different soil conditions-upward growth of surface roots

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 207-215

  Di Iorio, Antonino ^a   Lasserre, Bruno ^b   Petrozzi, Livio ^b   Scippa, Gabriella S ^b   Chiatante, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plagiogravitropism; Secondary roots; Slope condition; Spartium junceum; Three dimensional (3 D) coarse root architecture; Upward growth

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LEGUME; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SHRUB; SLOPE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TYPE; WOODY PLANT;

SPARTIUM; SPARTIUM JUNCEUM;

EID: 39849098634     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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