Differential inhibition of shoot vs. root growth at low temperature and its relationship with carbohydrate accumulation in different wheat cultivars

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 657-663

  Equiza, Maria A ^a   Miravé, Juan P ^a   Tognetti, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Low temperatures; Root growth; Root: shoot ratio; Sugar accumulation; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030663354     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0503     Document Type: Article

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