Magnesium deficiency in plants: An urgent problem

Crop Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 83-91

  Guo, Wanli ^a,b   Nazim, Hussain ^c   Liang, Zongsuo ^a,b   Yang, Dongfeng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interaction; Magnesium deficiency; Magnesium transporter; Plant; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989948179     PISSN: 20955421     EISSN: 22145141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2015.11.003     Document Type: Review

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