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Growth Rate Gradients And Extracellular Ph In Roots: How To Control An Explosion, Winfried S. Peters May 2004

Growth Rate Gradients And Extracellular Ph In Roots: How To Control An Explosion, Winfried S. Peters

Winfried S. Peters

This paper has no abstract; this is the first paragraph. As plant growth is restricted to defined zones of growing organs, the methodologically consistent analysis of spatial growth rate patterns in organ growth zones is prerequisite for studies into the regulation of cell growth in situ (Silk, 1984). The elongation zones at the tips of growing roots are classical objects of kinematic growth analysis, which aims at the quantitative description of growth rate gradients (Erickson & Sax, 1956). Root growth zones were generally believed to be characterized by growth rates that change gradually along bell-shaped growth gradients (Erickson & Sax, …