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Relation between root respiration and root activity

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Structure and Function of Plant Roots

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 4))

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It is generally assumed that the major part of the energy derived from respiration in higher plants is used for growth and maintenance processes [2,4,6]. In roots a considerable part of the respiration is used for uptake and transport of ions [3], so that for a quantitative approach to the relation between root activity and root respiration three processes have to be taken into consideration: root growth, uptake and transport of ions and maintenance processes.

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  1. Centre for Agrobiological Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    B. W. Veen

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  1. Botanical Laboratory, State University of Utrecht, Lange Nieuwstraat, 106-3512 PN, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    R. Brouwer

  2. Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 885 34, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    O. Gašparíková

  3. Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology SAV, 885 34, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    J. Kolek

  4. Department of Agricultural Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PP, Oxford, UK

    B. C. Loughman

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Veen, B.W. (1981). Relation between root respiration and root activity. In: Brouwer, R., Gašparíková, O., Kolek, J., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Structure and Function of Plant Roots. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8314-4_53

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