Three-dimensional architecture of axile roots of field-grown maize

Plant and Soil

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 363-377

  Wu, Jie ^a   Pagès, Loïc ^b   Wu, Qian ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Guo, Yan ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

Author keywords

Axile root; Root angle; Root architectural model; Root diameter; Root system architecture; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922096787     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2307-2     Document Type: Article

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