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Quantification of seed–soil contact of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) using X-ray Computed Tomography

BACKGROUND: Seed–soil contact is important to ensure successful germination, however, there is a paucity of reported studies that have quantified the microstructure at and around this critical interface, mainly due to the opacity of soil. RESULTS: Here we describe a novel methodology to non-destruct...

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Autores principales: Blunk, Sebastian, Malik, Ali Hafeez, de Heer, Martine I., Ekblad, Tobias, Bussell, Jennifer, Sparkes, Debbie, Fredlund, Kenneth, Sturrock, Craig J., Mooney, Sacha J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28861117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0220-4