Depression of sink activity precedes the inhibition of biomass production in tomato plants subjected to potassium deficiency stress

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2917-2928

  Kanai, S ^a   Ohkura, K ^b   Adu Gyamfi, J J ^c   Mohapatra, P K ^d   Nguyen, N T ^a   Saneoka, H ^a   Fujita, K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKKAICHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fruit and stem diameter; Micro morphometry; Partitioning; Potassium; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM;

MICRO-MORPHOMETRY; PARTITIONING; TOMATO;

BIOMASS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TOMATO;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; POTASSIUM;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 34848822515     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm149     Document Type: Article

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