Importance of the cap cells in maize roo
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Paul-Emile Pilet
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Article
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1982
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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The length of the maize root cap differs significantly from one root to another. The gravireaction of roots appears to depend upon the cap length; when it is smallest, the downward curvature is lowest. Using a freezing technique, it was possible to destroy a part of the root cap and to observe that