High-resolution quantification of root dynamics in split-nutrient rhizoslides reveals rapid and strong proliferation of maize roots in response to local high nitrogen

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5507-5517

  In'T Zandt, Dina ^a,b   Le Marié, Chantal ^b   Kirchgessner, Norbert ^b   Visser, Eric J W ^a   Hund, Andreas ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corn; foraging; nitrogen; rhizotrons; root growth; split root

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84940777725     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv307     Document Type: Article

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