Potential and actual root growth variations in root systems: Modeling them with a two-step stochastic approach

Plant and Soil

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 723-735

  Pagès, Loïc ^a   Xie, Jun ^a   Serra, Valérie ^a  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

Author keywords

Architecture; Development; Growth; Helianthus; Noccaea; Root; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; STOCHASTICITY;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; NOCCAEA; NOCCAEA CAERULESCENS;

EID: 84888297589     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1820-z     Document Type: Article

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