Potassium deficiency in plants: Effects and signaling cascades

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1055-1070

  Hafsi, Chokri ^a   Debez, Ahmed ^a   Abdelly, Chedly ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Plants; Signaling; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898974030     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-014-1491-2     Document Type: Review

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