Estimating root elongation rates from morphological measurements of the root tip

Plant and Soil

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-44

  Pagès, Loïc ^a   Serra, Valérie ^a   Draye, Xavier ^b   Doussan, Claude ^c   Pierret, Alain ^d  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UAPV   (France)

^d IRD IWMI NAFRI   (Laos)

Author keywords

Measurement; Method; Methodology; Root elongation

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77049114506     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0079-x     Document Type: Article

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