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MICRO-ORGANISMS have been shown to affect profoundly the uptake of phosphate by plant roots, especially from dilute solutions1–6. The way in which they influence the distribution of phosphate between different tissues of roots has now been examined in autoradiographs.
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BARBER, D., SANDERSON, J. & RUSSELL, R. Influence of Micro-organisms on the Distribution in Roots of Phosphate labelled with Phosphorus-32. Nature 217, 644 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217644a0
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