Blue light-promoted stomatal opening in abaxial epidermis of Commelina benghalensis is maximal at low calcium

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 861-864

  Parvathi, K ^a   Raghavendra, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Blue light; Calcium; Commelina benghalensis; Guard cells; Red light; Signal transduction; Stomata

Indexed keywords

COMMELINA BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 0031424170     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010425.x     Document Type: Article

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