Systems approaches to study root architecture dynamics

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Cuesta, Candela ^a   Wabnik, Krzysztof ^b   Benková, Eva ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Genetic screening; Genomics studies; Lateral root; Root system; Systems approach; Transcript profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901001918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00537     Document Type: Article

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