The response of carrot (Daucus carota L.) and onion (Allium cepa L.) seedlings to mechanical impedance and water stress at sub-optimal temperatures

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-242

  Whalley, W R ^a   Finch Savage, W E ^b   Cope, R E ^a   Rowse, H R ^b   Bird, N R A ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrot; Mathematical shoot growth models; Mechanical impedance; Onion; Physiological response; Water stress induced by PEG

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETABLE; WATER STRESS;

ALLIUM CEPA; DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0032911463     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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