Novel approaches for examining the effects of differential soil compaction on xylem sap abscisic acid concentration, stomatal conductance and growth in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1377-1388

  Hussain, A ^a   Black, C R ^a   Taylor, I B ^a   Mulholland, B J ^a,b   Roberts, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Compacted soil; Hordeum vulgare (barley); Root to shoot communication

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; GROWTH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0032757918     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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