"Rhizoponics": A novel hydroponic rhizotron for root system analyses on mature Arabidopsis thaliana plants

Plant Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mathieu, Laura ^a   Lobet, Guillaume ^a   Tocquin, Pierre ^a   Pé rilleux, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydroponic; Phenotyping; Rhizotron; Roots

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84924277476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-015-0046-x     Document Type: Article

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