Quantitative Evaluation of the Trade-Off Growth Strategies of Maize Leaves under Different Drought Severities

The leaf is one of the most drought-sensitive plant organs. Investigating how leaf traits change and their trade-off growth during a drought would contribute to developing targeted drought-resistance measures. We investigated changes in five key maize leaf traits (leaf area, dry mass, effective numb...

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Main Authors: Xueyan Ma, Guangsheng Zhou, Gen Li, Qiuling Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/13/1852