The main body axis of a vegetative culm in barley (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research

The main body axis of a vegetative culm in barley

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A phytomer (left) from the main body axis of a vegetative culm in barley (drawn according to Forster et al., Ann Bot. 2007). On the right, a main culm of barley which can be further subdivided into three zones (viz. distal, central and proximal).

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