Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize

We showed that crown roots have a different capacity to transport water compared with seminal roots. Acknowledging such differences between root types is crucial to understand optimal root traits.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Botany

• Publication date

  2018-01-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jxb/erx439PMID 29304205PMCID 6019006
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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