Reshaping plant biology: Qualitative and quantitative descriptors for plant morphology

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue FEBRUARY, 2017, Pages

  Balduzzi, Mathilde ^a   Binder, Brad M ^b   Bucksch, Alexander ^c   Chang, Cynthia ^d   Hong, Lilan ^e   Iyer Pascuzzi, Anjali S ^f   Pradal, Christophe ^a,g   Sparks, Erin E ^h  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^e School of Integrative Plant Sciences   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UMR AGAP   (France)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Geometry; Hypocotyl; Leaf; Morphology; Roots; Sepal; Topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011846542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00117     Document Type: Review

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