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An Optimized Rhizobox Protocol to Visualize Root Growth and Responsiveness to Localized Nutrients
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INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROOT SYSTEM OF SPRING WHEAT PLANTS
1Research Institute of Grain Farming, Saratov, U. S. S. R.
Plant Physiology
|April 1, 1936
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