A statistical approach to root system classification

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Bodner, Gernot ^a   Leitner, Daniel ^b   Nakhforoosh, Alireza ^a   Sobotik, Monika ^c   Moder, Karl ^a   Kaul, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Institute of Plant Sociology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; Plant functional types; Root architecture model; Root system diversity; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900841223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00292     Document Type: Article

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