Effects of Selenium on Maize Ovary Development at Pollination Stage Under Water Deficits

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1298-1307

  Qiang yun, SHEN ^a,b   Turakainen, Marja ^a   Seppänen, Mervi ^a   Mäkelä, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

ovary development; photosynthesis; selenium; water deficit; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56349105113     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60178-9     Document Type: Article

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