Root Morphology and Gene Expression Analysis in Response to Drought Stress in Maize (Zea mays)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-369

  Jiang, Tingbo ^a,b   Fountain, Jake ^c,d   Davis, Georgia ^e   Kemerait, Robert ^a   Scully, Brian ^c   Lee, R Dewey ^f   Guo, Baozhu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phytohormone; Polyethylene glycol; Real time PCR; Water deficit stress; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84858281737     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0347-9     Document Type: Article

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