Authors: Pagès L Kervella J Chadoeuf J
Publish Date: 1993/04/01
Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 369-375
Abstract
The length of the apical unbranched zone and the mean branch density are used to characterize branching processes The branching order is an important source of variation for growth rate growth duration and length of the apical unbranched zone A gradient for those characteristics is found for firstorder roots along the basal 40 mm of the taproots Mean branch density is more constant Variations in growth and branching processes are related Fast growing roots tend to have a longer apical unbranched zone and to a lesser extent a higher mean branch density The consequences of those patterns of variation on the modelling of the development of root systems are discussedCopyright 1993 1999 Academic Press
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