Root traits and taxonomic affiliation of nine herbaceous species grown in glasshouse conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-83

  Roumet, Catherine ^a   Lafont, Françoise ^a   Sari, Muhaymina ^b   Warembourg, Fernand ^a   Garnier, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Mycorrhization; Rhizospheric processes; Root respiration; Root traits; Taxonomic families

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; C3 PLANT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXUDATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; HERB; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; RESPIRATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM; TAXONOMY; TOPOLOGY;

ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 53849116446     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9635-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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