Drought tolerance of Eragrostis tef and development of roots

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 768-775

  Degu, Hewan Demissie ^a   Ohta, Masaru ^a   Fujimura, Tatsuhito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought; Eragrostis tef; Maximum root length; Osmotic adjustment; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; OSMOSIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOTING;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF;

EID: 47649088678     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588064     Document Type: Article

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