Why should trees have natural root grafts?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 575-578

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

anchorage; cambium; competition; crown; neighbor tree

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAMETE; GENOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEED DISPERSAL; TOXIN; TRANSLOCATION; TREE; WATER UPTAKE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TREE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; TREES;

FUNGI;

EID: 79960822360     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr061     Document Type: Article

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