Role of ethylene in acclimations to promote oxygen transport in roots of plants in waterlogged soils

Plant Science

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Shiono, Katsuhiro ^a   Takahashi, Hirokazu ^a   Colmer, Timothy D ^b   Nakazono, Mikio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Barrier to radial oxygen loss; Ethylene; Flooding tolerance; Hypoxia; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649086472     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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