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Root hair quantification is an accessible approach to phenotyping important functional traits

Christopher Vincent1, Rebecca Ebert1, Christian Hermans2

  • 1Citrus Research and Education Center, Horticultural Sciences Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, USA.

Journal of Experimental Botany
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PubMed
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Keywords:
Natural variationnitrogen nutritionphenotypingroot hairs

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