Common and specific responses to availability of mineral nutrients and water

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2133-2144

  Kudoyarova, Guzel R ^a   Dodd, Ian C ^b   Veselov, Dmitry S ^a   Rothwell, Shane A ^b   Yu Veselov, Stanislav ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Birsk Branch of Federal State Budgetary Educational Establishment of Higher Education Bashkir State University   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; auxin; cytokinins; growth; intracellular and long distance signalling; Mineral nutrients; root architecture; sugars; water deficit

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; PHYTOHORMONE; WATER;

ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENVIRONMENT; MINERALS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

EID: 84929657831     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv017     Document Type: Review

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