Root growth responses to lead in young maize seedlings

Plant and Soil

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-61

  Obroucheva, N V ^a   Bystrova, E I ^b   Ivanov, V B ^b   Antipova, O V ^a   Seregin, I V ^b  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Inst of Gen and Inoranic Chemistry   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cell length; Growth; Lateral roots; Lead; Phytotoxicity; Roots; Seedling

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031971809     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004204605833     Document Type: Article

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