Genetic manipulation of stomatal density influences stomatal size, plant growth and tolerance to restricted water supply across a growth carbon dioxide gradient

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1588, 2012, Pages 547-555

  Doheny Adams, Timothy ^a   Hunt, Lee ^a   Franks, Peter J ^a,b   Beerling, David J ^a   Gray, Julie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Epidermal patterning factor; Plant growth; Signalling peptide; Stomatal density (D); Stomatal size (S)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84855650233     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0272     Document Type: Article

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