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New insights to lateral rooting: Differential responses to heterogeneous nitrogen availability among maize root types.
Plant signaling & behavior - 1 Jan 2015
Yu Peng, White Philip J, Li Chunjian
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Historical domestication and the "Green revolution" have both contributed to the evolution of modern, high-performance crops. Together with increased irrigation and application of chemical fertilizers, these efforts have generated sufficient food for the growing global population. Root architecture, and in particular root branching, plays an important role in the acquisition of water and nutrients, plant...
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