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Phenotypic plasticity of fine root growth increases plant productivity in pine seedlings.
BMC ecology - 7 Sept 2004
Wu Rongling, Grissom James E, McKeand Steven E, O'Malley David M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The plastic response of fine roots to a changing environment is suggested to affect the growth and form of a plant. Here we show that the plasticity of fine root growth may increase plant productivity based on an experiment using young seedlings (14-week old) of loblolly pine. We use two contrasting pine ecotypes, "mesic" and "xeric", to investigate the adaptive significance of such a plastic...
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