How do roots control xylem sap ABA concentration in response to soil drying?

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-16

  Liang, Jiansheng ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ABA; Leucaena leucocephala; Root; Soil drying; Xylem sap; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030907718     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029078     Document Type: Article

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