Gibberellic acid improves water deficit tolerance in maize plants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Kaya, Cengiz ^a   Tuna, A Levent ^b   Alves, Alfredo A C ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Gibberellic acid; Maize; Proline; Relative water content

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748339176     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-006-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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