Evaluation of the differential osmotic adjustments between roots and leaves of maize seedlings with single or combined NPK-nutrient supply

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-236

  Studer, Christoph ^a,b   Hu, Yuncai ^a   Schmidhalter, Urs ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Maize; Nitrogen; Osmotic adjustment; Phosphorus; Potassium; Turgor maintenance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; NUTRIENTS; OSMOSIS;

OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENTS; PLANT GROWTH; TURGOR PRESSURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MAIZE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; OSMOREGULATION; PHYTOMASS; SEEDLING; WATER STRESS;

CORN; DROUGHT; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; OSMOSIS; SEEDLINGS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947534456     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06294     Document Type: Article

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