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Growth region of the primary root of maize (Zea mays L.)

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Structure and Function of Plant Roots

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 4))

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The root of maize has been used by many research workers as an object for studies of the structure and morphogenesis, of physiology and biochemistry of its functions as well as of the problems of uptake and transport. This cooperation directed at a single object causes a faster advance and, at the same time, provides a source of mutual confrontation and supplementation of knowledge. This paper presents the results of the growth analyses of the maize root (hybrid CE 380), summarized [3,4] and completed with the aim of characterizing the growth region of the root growing under defined conditions. The seeds were allowed to germinate in darkness at 25 °C on sheets of moist filter paper in a vertical position. Primary roots that had grown 60 ± 5 mm within 72h were used for analysis.

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  1. Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 385 34, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    Mária Luxová

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  1. Botanical Laboratory, State University of Utrecht, Lange Nieuwstraat, 106-3512 PN, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    R. Brouwer

  2. Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 885 34, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    O. Gašparíková

  3. Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology SAV, 885 34, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    J. Kolek

  4. Department of Agricultural Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PP, Oxford, UK

    B. C. Loughman

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© 1981 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague/Boston/London

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Luxová, M. (1981). Growth region of the primary root of maize (Zea mays L.). In: Brouwer, R., Gašparíková, O., Kolek, J., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Structure and Function of Plant Roots. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8314-4_2

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