Plant root tortuosity: an indicator of root path formation in soil with different composition and density.

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Published in Ann Bot on May 03, 2016

Authors

Liyana Popova1, Dagmar van Dusschoten2, Kerstin A Nagel2, Fabio Fiorani2, Barbara Mazzolai3

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Italy.
2: Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
3: Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Italy barbara.mazzolai@iit.it.

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