Exposure of roots of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) to low temperature severely reduces root pressure, hydraulic conductivity and active transport of nutrients

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 413-420

  Lee, Seong Hee ^a   Singh, Adya Prasad ^a   Chung, Gap Chae ^a   Ahn, Sung Ju ^a   Noh, Eun Kyeung ^a   Steudle, Ernst ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OSMOSIS;

CUCUMBER; ROOTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 1542648798     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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