Sloughing-off of root cap cells
Range | ~5,000 cells lost/day |
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Organism | Corn Zea mays |
Reference | J.M. Lynch and J.M. Whipps, Substrate flow in the rhizosphere, D. L. Keister and P. B. Cregan (Eds.), The rhizosphere and plant growth, 15-24.© 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers. p.16 left column top paragraph |
Primary Source | Moore R and McClelen C E 1983 A morphometric analysis of cellular differentiation in the root cap of Zea mays. Am. J. Bot. 70, 611-617. |
Comments | "...sloughing-off of root cap cells approximately 5000 cells per day are lost from maize (primary source)." |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 110144 |