Mannitol inhibits growth of intact cucumber but not pea seedlings by mechanically collapsing the root pressure

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1135-1144

  Stahlberg, R ^a,b   Cosgrove, D J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Growth adaptation; Hydraulic signal; Pisum sativum; Root pressure; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0030885914     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-141.x     Document Type: Article

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