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Branching patterns of root systems: quantitative analysis of the diversity among dicotyledonous species

Author(s) -

Loic L. Pagès

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcu145

Subject(s) - biology , branching (polymer chemistry) , botany , meristem , evolutionary biology , shoot , materials science , composite material

Root branching, and in particular acropetal branching, is a common and important developmental process for increasing the number of growing tips and defining the distribution of their meristem size. This study presents a new method for characterizing the results of this process in natura from scanned images of young, branched parts of excavated roots. The method involves the direct measurement or calculation of seven different traits.

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