Reduced root cortical cell file number improves drought tolerance in maize

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1943-1955

  Chimungu, Joseph G ^a   Brown, Kathleen M ^a   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

SOIL; WATER;

BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CELL RESPIRATION; CROP; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CELL RESPIRATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84913561786     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.249037     Document Type: Article

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