Deep phenotyping of coarse root architecture in R. Pseudoacacia reveals that tree root system plasticity is confined within its architectural model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Danjon, Fréd́eric ^a,b   Khuder, Hayfa ^b   Stokes, Alexia ^c  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; TREES;

EID: 84893537217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083548     Document Type: Article

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