Seed coat cell turgor in chickpea is independent of changes in plant and pod water potential

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 346, 2000, Pages 895-900

  Shackel, Kenneth A ^a,c   Turner, Neil C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Pod wall; Turgor pressure; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CICER ARIETINUM;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHICKPEA; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM;

CICER; PLANT STEMS; SEEDS; WATER;

EID: 0034087510     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/51.346.895     Document Type: Article

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