The pressure-jump technique shows maize leaf growth to be enhanced by increases in turgor only when water status is not too high

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-42

  Hsiao, T C ^a   Frensch, J ^a,b   Rojas Lara, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gramineae; Growth physics; Maize; Turgor; Volumetric extensibility; Water status; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031937057     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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