A hydraulic signal in root-to-shoot signalling of water shortage

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-174

  Christmann, Alexander ^a   Weiler, Elmar W ^b   Steudle, Ernst ^c   Grill, Erwin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis; Drought stress; Long distance signal; Transpiration; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT STRESS; LONG-DISTANCE SIGNALS; PHYTOHORMONE ABSCISIC ACID (ABA); WATER STRESS;

BIOMASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSPIRATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSCISIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34748848120     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03234.x     Document Type: Article

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