Open AccessProteoid Roots. Physiology and Development
Author(s) -
Michelle Watt,
John R. Evans
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.121.2.317
Subject(s) - proteaceae , botany , biology , plant root , root (linguistics) , root hair , horticulture , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry , gene
Nearly 100 years ago, Engler described the unusual root morphology of plants in the family Proteaceae growing in the Leipzig Botanic Gardens. They had extensively branched roots covered with long, densely grouped absorption hairs. It wasn't until 1960 that Purnell coined the term “proteoid root
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