Ethylene biosynthesis during aerenchyma formation in roots of maize subjected to mechanical impedance and hypoxia

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1679-1685

  He, Chuan Jiu ^a   Finlayson, Scott A ^a   Drew, Malcolm C ^a   Jordan, Wayne R ^a   Morgan, Page W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030480623     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.4.1679     Document Type: Article

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