Turgor-regulation during extension growth and osmotic stress of maize roots. An example of single-cell mapping

Plant and Soil

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-21

  Pritchard, Jeremy ^a,b   Fricke, Wieland ^a,c   Tomos, Deri ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

extension growth; maize roots; osmotic adjustment; single cell sampling; turgor regulation; vacuolar solutes

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030432697     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011653     Document Type: Article

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