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Intraspecies variation in cotton border cell production: rhizosphere microbiome implications.
American journal of botany - 1 Sept 2013
Curlango-Rivera Gilberto, Huskey David A, Mostafa Ayman, Kessler John O, Xiong Zhongguo, Hawes Martha C
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UNLABELLED: PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Border cells, which separate from the root cap, can comprise >90% of carbon-based exudates released into the rhizosphere, but may not provide a general source of nutrients for soil microorganisms. Instead, this population of specialized cells appears to function in defense of the root tip by an extracellular trapping process similar to that of mammalian white blood cells. Border...
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