Silicon improves maize photosynthesis in saline-alkaline soils

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Xie, Zhiming ^a,b   Song, Ri ^c   Shao, Hongbo ^d   Song, Fengbin ^b   Xu, Hongwen ^e   Lu, Yan ^e  

^a BAICHENG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^e HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; SILICON; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLANT GROWTH; SALINE ALKALINE SOIL; SOIL; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PH; PLANT STOMA;

ZEA MAYS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SILICON; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84921484990     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/245072     Document Type: Article

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