Do pH changes in the leaf apoplast contribute to rapid inhibition of leaf elongation rate by water stress? Comparison of stress responses induced by polyethylene glycol and down-regulation of root hydraulic conductivity

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1258-1266

  Ehlert, Christina ^a,d   Plassard, Claude ^b   Cookson, Sarah Jane ^c   Tardieu, François ^a   Simonneau, Thierry ^a  

^a UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c Bordeaux Sciences Agro   (France)

^d EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Electrophysiology; Leaf growth; Maize; Turgor; Water deficit; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; PROCAINE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TURIGERAN;

ALKALINIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG; ELECTRODE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INHIBITION; LEAF; MAIZE; PH; ROOT SYSTEM; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

DEHYDRATION; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROELECTRODES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYETHYLENE; PROCAINE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960263818     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02326.x     Document Type: Article

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