Effects of External Potassium (K) Supply on Drought Tolerances of Two Contrasting Winter Wheat Cultivars

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Wei, Jiguang ^a,c   Li, Caihong ^a,c   Li, Yong ^a,c   Jiang, Gaoming ^a   Cheng, Guanglei ^d   Zheng, Yanhai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MACROGOL 6000; MALONALDEHYDE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRESS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PROTECTION; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; ELECTROLYTE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GREENHOUSE; HYDROPONICS; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT WATER POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SHOOT; UPREGULATION; WINTER WHEAT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMASS; CARBONATES; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHTS; GASES; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POTASSIUM; SEASONS; TRITICUM; WATER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84880015276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069737     Document Type: Article

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