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Winfried S Peters1

  • 1Kinematic Cell Research Group, Biocenter of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Marie-Curie-Str. 9, D-60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Present address Institute of General Biology, Justus-Liebig-University, Senckenbergstr. 17-21, D-35390 Gieβen, Germany (tel +49 (0)641 99 35135; fax + 49 (0)641 99 35119;

The New Phytologist
|April 20, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
acid growth theoryexpansinkinematic growth analysisrelative elemental growth rateroot growth zone

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