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Effect of phosphorus availability on basal root shallowness in common bean.
Plant and soil - 1 May 2001
Liao H, Rubio G, Yan X, Cao A, Brown K M, Lynch J P
Abstract excerpt
Root gravitropism may be an important element of plant response to phosphorus availability because it determines root foraging in fertile topsoil horizons, and thereby phosphorus acquisition. In this study we seek to test this hypothesis in both two dimensional paper growth pouch and three-dimensional solid media of sand and soil cultures. Five common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes with contrasting...
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