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A Simple Protocol for Mapping the Plant Root System Architecture Traits

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Stephan Clemens¹

¹Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.

Molecular Plant

|October 25, 2023

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