Long-distance abscisic acid signalling under different vertical soil moisture gradients depends on bulk root water potential and average soil water content in the root zone

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1465-1475

  Puértolas, Jaime ^a   Alcobendas, Rosalía ^b   Alarcón, Juan J ^b   Dodd, Ian C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Partial root zone drying; Phaseolus vulgaris; Root to shoot signalling; Soil moisture heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; WATER;

ABSCISIC ACID; BIOACCUMULATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEGUME; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SIGNALING; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PARTIAL ROOT ZONE DRYING; PHASEOLUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; ROOT-TO-SHOOT SIGNALLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE HETEROGENEITY; XYLEM;

PARTIAL ROOT ZONE DRYING; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ROOT-TO-SHOOT SIGNALLING; SOIL MOISTURE HETEROGENEITY;

ABSCISIC ACID; DEHYDRATION; PHASEOLUS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL; WATER; XYLEM;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84880039735     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12076     Document Type: Article

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