Is coordination of leaf and root growth mediated by abscisic acid? Opinion

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-49

  Munns, Rana ^a,c   Cramer, G R ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Cooperative Research Centre for Plant Science ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; drought; leaf expansion; nitrogen deficiency; root growth; salinity; soil compaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030474361     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257563     Document Type: Article

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