Mixed compound of DCPTA and CCC increases maize yield by improving plant morphology and up-regulating photosynthetic capacity and antioxidants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Yongchao ^a   Gu, Wanrong ^a,b   Xie, Tenglong ^a   Li, Lijie ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Zhang, He ^a   Li, Jing ^a,b   Wei, Shi ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Observation Experiment Station of Ministry of Agriculture for Crop Cultivation Science in Northeast Area   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROETHYLTRIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; 2 DIETHYLAMINOETHYL 3,4 DICHLOROPHENYLETHER; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; PEROXIDE; SUGAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORMEQUAT; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARTICLE; BENDING STRENGTH; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAIN YIELD; GROWTH REGULATION; HYBRID; INTERNODE ELONGATION; LEAF AREA; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANT YIELD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PUNCTURE STRENGTH; SEED KERNEL; SUGAR TRANSPORT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMASS; CHLORMEQUAT; CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PHENYL ETHERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84960511082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149404     Document Type: Article

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