Gravimorphism in rice and barley: Promotion of leaf elongation by vertical inversion in agravitropically growing plants

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-530

  Abe, Kiyomi ^a,b   Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a   Suge, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gravimorphism; Gravitropism; Hordeum vulgare L; Lazy; Leaf growth; Oryza sativa L

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; JAPONICA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0032333059     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02507787     Document Type: Article

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