Maize drought tolerance: Potential improvements through arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis?

Field Crops Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-31

  Boomsma, Christopher R ^a   Vyn, Tony J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthesis silking interval; Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Drought tolerance; Leaf water potential; Maize; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FLOWERING; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT BREEDING; SYMBIOSIS; WATER RELATIONS;

ARBUSCULAR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44549086414     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.03.002     Document Type: Review

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