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Reduction in Root Secondary Growth as a Strategy for Phosphorus Acquisition.
Plant physiology - 1 Jan 2018
Strock Christopher F, Morrow de la Riva Laurie, Lynch Jonathan P
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that reduced root secondary growth of dicotyledonous species improves phosphorus acquisition. Functional-structural modeling in SimRoot indicates that, in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), reduced root secondary growth reduces root metabolic costs, increases root length, improves phosphorus capture, and increases shoot biomass in low-phosphorus soil. Observations from the field and...
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