ABA action on the production and redistribution of field-grown maize carbohydrates in semiarid regions

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Travaglia, Claudia ^a   Balboa, Guillermo ^a   Espósito, Gabriel ^a   Reinoso, Herminda ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Carbohydrates; Maize; Phloem; Water stress; Yield

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859561292     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-012-9657-7     Document Type: Article

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