Ovary apical abortion under water deficit is caused by changes in sequential development of ovaries and in silk growth rate in maize

Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 986-996

  Oury, Vincent ^a   Tardieu, François ^a   Turc, Olivier ^a  

^a UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DROUGHT; EMBRYOLOGY; FLOWER; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

DROUGHTS; FLOWERS; SEEDS; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84973639361     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00268     Document Type: Article

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