Analysis of movement in primary maize roots

Biologia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-524

  Popova, Liyana ^a,b   Russino, Andrea ^b   Ascrizzi, Antonio ^a,b   Mazzolai, Barbara ^a  

^a Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

maize; movement; nutation; primary root; tracking software

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859823969     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0023-z     Document Type: Article

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