Circumnutation as an autonomous root movement in plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-13

  Migliaccio, Fernando ^a   Tassone, Paola ^a   Fortunati, Alessio ^b  

^a Institute of Agro Environmental and Forest Biology National Research Council (IBAF CNR)   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassicaceae; Circumnutation; Coiling; Molecular genetics; Roots; Slanting; Space; Torsions

Indexed keywords

AGAR; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; ROOT SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MICROCLIMATE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; PLANT ROOTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 84871989726     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200314     Document Type: Article

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