Water-stressed maize, barley and rice seedlings show species diversity in mechanisms of leaf growth inhibition

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 329, 1998, Pages 1945-1952

  Lu, Zhongjin ^a   Neumann, Peter M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cell walls; Cereal diversity; Extensibility; Leaf growth; Water stress

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031743027     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/49.329.1945     Document Type: Article

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