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A Method to Preserve Wetland Roots and Rhizospheres for Elemental Imaging
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Hervé Vanderschuren1, Javier Agusti2
1Tropical Crop Improvement Laboratory, Biosystems Department, KU Leuven, Belgium; Plant Genetics and Rhizosphere Processes Laboratory, TERRA Teaching and Research Center, University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Gembloux, Belgium.
Current Biology : CB
|June 21, 2022
Abstract:
Vanderschuren and Agusti introduce plant storage roots.
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