Responses of maize roots to drying-limits of viability

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1559-1568

  Facette, M R ^a   Mccully, M E ^b   Canny, M J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryo analytical microscopy; Drought stress; Drying kinetics; Rehydration; Relative water content; Root viability; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033371198     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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