Root system architecture: Insights from Arabidopsis and cereal crops

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1595, 2012, Pages 1441-1452

  Smith, Stephanie ^a   de Smet, Ive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Environment; Hormones; Maize; Rice; Root

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD PRODUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HORMONE; MAIZE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RICE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84859986064     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0234     Document Type: Article

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