Fine roots - functional definition expanded to crop species?

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Richard W Zobel. New Phytol. 2016 Oct.

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. 2016 Oct;212(2):310-2.

doi: 10.1111/nph.14099. Epub 2016 Aug 30.

¹ USDA-ARS-SEA-PSRU, 3127 Ligon St, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. Rich.zobel@ars.usda.gov.

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Keywords: crop plants; dicots; ephemeral roots; fine roots; monocots; trees.

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