Root anatomy of drought sensitive and tolerant maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings under different water potentials

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 705-712

  Peña Valdivia, Cecilia B ^a   Sánchez Urdaneta, Adriana B ^b   Trejo, Carlos ^a   Aguirre R , J Rogelio ^c   Cárdenas S , Elizabeth ^a,d  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cortex; Drought tolerance; Epidermis; Mucilage; Xylem

Indexed keywords

TUXPENO; TUXPENO SEQUIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29044449183     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/CRC.33.2005.2-3.138     Document Type: Article

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