Testing Plant Roots (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Testing Plant Roots

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UC San Diego and Stanford scientists studied maize (corn) plant roots and their metabolites—molecules involved in the plant’s energy production—under different settings, including a control condition (left) and treated with aconitate (center) and succinate (right).

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Dickinson Lab, UC San Diego

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Must be used in conjunction with Dickinson paper on plant root growth.

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