Silicon application by sorghum through the alleviation of stress-induced increase in hydraulic resistance

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1482-1495

  Hattori, Taiichiro ^a   Sonobe, Kaori ^a   Araki, Hideki ^b   Inanaga, Shinobu ^c   An, Ping ^a   Morita, Shigenori ^d  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydraulic resistance; Silicon; Sorghum; Water balance; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 46949103673     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160802208477     Document Type: Article

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