Does root-sourced ABA have a role in mediating growth and stomatal responses to soil compaction in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)?

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-276

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; BARLEY; DRY WEIGHT; GENOTYPE; GROWTH REGULATION; MUTANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANTING SYSTEM; SOIL COMPACTION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WILD RELATIVE; XYLEM SAP;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033401243     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100303.x     Document Type: Article

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