root branches - new terms for consideration.

Fri May 5 14:50:59 EDT 2006

Working with Leszek, I have not been able to find terms that describe the
branches and the main axes, aka axile, of roots. To adequately annotate root
architecture QTL for  reported traits to do with branching, it would be
helpful to add terms:

> primary root branch
> lateral root branch
> adventitious root branch
> 

If we add those terms we should consider changing the current ones, eg
primary root, to a term specifying the main axes,  or preferred I would
think, have an additional term for the axile:
  eg  primary root
            primary root axile
            primary root branch

What do you think?

 mary

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