Metabolic response of maize (Zea mays L.) plants to combined drought and salt stress

Plant and Soil

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 99-117

  Sun, Caixia ^a   Gao, Xiaoxiao ^a   Fu, Jianqi ^a   Zhou, Jiahao ^a   Wu, Xiaofei ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combination stress; High salinity; Metabolomics; Water deficiency; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925484666     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2309-0     Document Type: Article

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