Mechanical Failure of Fine Root Cortical Cells Initiates Plant Hydraulic Decline during Drought
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عنوان ژورنال: Plant Physiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0032-0889,1532-2548
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00923