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Root hairs aid soil penetration by anchoring the root surface to pore walls

The physical role of root hairs in anchoring the root tip during soil penetration was examined. Experiments using a hairless maize mutant (Zea mays: rth3–3) and its wild-type counterpart measured the anchorage force between the primary root of maize and the soil to determine whether root hairs enabl...

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Autores principales: Bengough, A. Glyn, Loades, Kenneth, McKenzie, Blair M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erv560