Opposite metabolic responses of shoots and roots to drought

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gargallo Garriga, Albert ^a,b,c   Sardans, Jordi ^a,b   Pérez Trujillo, Míriam ^c   Rivas Ubach, Albert ^a,b   Oravec, Michal ^d   Vecerova, Kristyna ^d   Urban, Otmar ^d   Jentsch, Anke ^e   Kreyling, Juergen ^e   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^e   Parella, Teodor ^c   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHTS; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940202968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06829     Document Type: Article

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